Preparing for 2.26.0

WebKitGTK and WPE 2.26.0 will be the next release in the stable series (following 2.24.x). We should merge not overly intrusive patches that improve stability or performance, fix build issues, etc. We branched at r 249195 (28/08/19).

When filing bugs (​http://bugs.webkit.org) against stable release, please prefix them with "[GTK] [Stable]" (or "[WPE] [Stable]") to ensure they are addressed with high priority. Also, running a debug build and including stack traces is highly encouraged. (Don't use "[Stable]" if the bug also applies to master, though.)

To get the stable branch code, simply check out ​http://svn.webkit.org/repository/webkit/releases/WebKitGTK/webkit-2.26 Over the next few weeks we'll be merging important fixes into the branch, so be sure to stay up to date. Thanks for your help!

Proposed merges for 2.26.4

• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/250077 [GTK] Compilation errors when GL is disabled
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/255824 [GTK] Cannot perform most local loads with sandbox enabled
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/255865 [GTK] Add more fontconfig paths to sandbox
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/256491 Multiple GCC 10 build failures in ANGLE

Proposed merges for 2.26.3

• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/251680 Hidden framesets should provide default edgeInfo value
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/250743 Unreviewed WinCairo build fix for r250717. (not WinCairo-specific)
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/250747 Fails to build with icu 65.1
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/252398 [GStreamer] Several issues while trying to play a video on NextCloud
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/253284 [GStreamer] Crashes in MediaPlayerPrivateGStreamer::ensureGstGLContext

Proposed merges for 2.26.2

• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/251771 ImageDecoders: use a thread safe data buffer for Cairo backing store
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/251836 [GTK][WPE] ImageDecoders: use SharedBuffer::DataSegment instead of SharedBuffer
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/252044 [FreeType] Too slow running encoding/legacy-mb-korean/euc-kr WPT tests
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/250231 [GTK][WPE] Don't use prgname in dbus-proxy socket path
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/250298 [GTK] ANGLE's eglplatform.h is build broken with -DENABLE_X11_PLATFORM=OFF
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/250717 [GTK] Crash in WebChromeClient::createDisplayRefreshMonitor
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/250818 [WPE][GTK] Build fails with ENABLE_WEBDRIVER=OFF
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/250901 REGRESSION(r246399): [GStreamer] Problems playing AAC streams

Proposed merges for 2.26.1

• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/249810 [GTK][WPE] webkit_settings_set_user_agent() allows content forbidden in HTTP headers
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/249890 REGRESSION(r249142): [GTK] Epiphany delayed page loads continue indefinitely
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/249947 [GTK] Crash closing web view while hardware acceleration is enabled
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/249951 [GTK] Cannot create EGL window surface: EGL_BAD_ALLOC
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/250036 [GTK][WPE] bubblewrap sandbox should be disabled when running inside docker
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/249883 [GTK][WPE] Do not run the Bubblewrap executable when configuring for cross-compilation

Proposed merges for 2.26.0

• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/249487 [WPE][GTK] Fix sandbox parsing DISPLAY on X11
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/249569 [GTK][WPE] Do not enable the sandbox in Snap

Changes on track

Previous versions

For changes in older stable branches see: 2.24.x

Useful commands

To get a wiki-formated list of commits that just got merged:

 $ git log --pretty=oneline <commit>.. | cut -d ' ' -f 5- | sed "s,\(.\+\)\(https://bugs.*\),  * ~~[\2] ''\1''~~,"

How to add a webkit-2.26 branch to existing git-svn clone

If you have already cloned ​git://git.webkit.org/WebKit.git, it only contains a git-svn clone of the svn trunk. To add webkit-2.26 branch to there, add a new remote to .git/config:

[svn-remote "webkit-2.26"]
    url = https://svn.webkit.org/repository/webkit/releases/WebKitGTK/webkit-2.26
    fetch = :refs/remotes/git-svn-webkit-2.26

and run the following commands:

git svn fetch webkit-2.26 -r 249195
git branch webkit-2.26 git-svn-webkit-2.26
git checkout webkit-2.26
git svn rebase