Preparing for 2.34.0

WebKitGTK and WPE 2.34.0 will be the next release in the stable series (following 2.32.x). We should merge not overly intrusive patches that improve stability or performance, fix build issues, etc. We branched at r281844 (01/09/2021).

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-2.32 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 2.34.2

• ​https://commits.webkit.org/r282165 KeyboardEvent should setDefaultHandled if EventHandler::startKeyboardScrolling returns true
• ​https://commits.webkit.org/r281867 REGRESSION(r280928) The smooth keyboard scrolling is unconditionally enabled for PageUp and PageDown keys
• ​https://commits.webkit.org/r284858 Multiple build issues with ENABLE_VIDEO=OFF
• ​https://commits.webkit.org/244524@main [GTK] Effective appearance doesn't update on the old process after PSON

Proposed merges for 2.34.1

• ​https://commits.webkit.org/284132 [GTK] Opening emoji chooser crashes UI process with GTK 3.24.30
• ​https://commits.webkit.org/242919@main [GStreamer] Crash in WebCore::MediaPlayerPrivateGStreamer::sourceSetup when loading reddit video
• ​https://commits.webkit.org/r284239 [WPE][GTK] Update user agent browser versions
• ​https://commits.webkit.org/r284451 Update seccomp filters with latest changes from flatpak

Proposed merges for 2.33.91

• ​https://commits.webkit.org/282065 [CMake] Prefer python3 over python2

Changes on track

Previous versions

For changes in older stable branches see: 2.32.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-2.34 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-2.34 branch to there, add a new remote to .git/config:

[svn-remote "webkit-2.34"]
    url = https://svn.webkit.org/repository/webkit/releases/WebKitGTK/webkit-2.34
    fetch = :refs/remotes/git-svn-webkit-2.34

and run the following commands:

git svn fetch webkit-2.34 -r 281844
git branch webkit-2.34 git-svn-webkit-2.34
git checkout webkit-2.34
git svn rebase