Preparing for 2.36.0

WebKitGTK and WPE 2.36.0 will be the next release in the stable series (following 2.34.x). We should merge not overly intrusive patches that improve stability or performance, fix build issues, etc. We branched at r290294 (22/02/2022).

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-2.36 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 2.36.2

• ​https://commits.webkit.org/247652@main Ruby ERB.new compatibility fix
• ​https://commits.webkit.org/249996@main PlatformDisplay::PlatformDisplay(GdkDisplay* display) does not set m_eglDisplay to EGL_NO_DISPLAY

Proposed merges for 2.36.1

• ​https://commits.webkit.org/r292684 Fails to build with error: use of undeclared identifier LC_MESSAGES
• ​https://commits.webkit.org/r291815 [JSC] JSRemoteFunction thunk should materialize code-pointer
• ​https://commits.webkit.org/r291813 Safari can't play video completely at bilibili.com
• ​https://commits.webkit.org/r291621 Ensure that proxies are invalidated before destroying them
• ​https://commits.webkit.org/r292099 [GTK][WPE] Exit cleanly if Connection to UIProcess severed. Regression (r214307)
• ​https://commits.webkit.org/249448@main [WPE][2.36] Build with a11y disabled fails
• ​https://commits.webkit.org/249671@main [GTK] AddressSanitizer: heap-buffer-overflow in WebCore::Length::ref()

Proposed merges for 2.36.0

• ​https://commits.webkit.org/r290597 -Wodr warning spam caused by ENABLE(BINDING_INTEGRITY)
• ​https://commits.webkit.org/r290681 Misc compiler warnings, late Feb 2022 edition
• ​https://commits.webkit.org/r290883 makeprop.pl breaks reproducible builds
• ​https://commits.webkit.org/r290890 [GTK] generate-automation-atom.py breaks reproducible builds
• ​https://commits.webkit.org/r291111 REGRESSION(r284711): [GStreamer] Buffering, seek broken on youtube.com
• ​https://commits.webkit.org/r291475 [WPE][GTK] Fix a crash after r290360
• ​https://commits.webkit.org/r291544 REGRESSION(r289154) [GSTREAMER] webrtc/vp8-then-h264.html is crashing after SDK update to fdo 21.08 and Gstreamer 1.20

Proposed merges for 2.35.90

• ​https://commits.webkit.org/r290299 Properly uninitialize EGL display before termination
• ​https://commits.webkit.org/r290312 [GTK] When building introspection files, add CMAKE_C_FLAGS to the compiler flags.
• ​https://commits.webkit.org/r290338 PingLoader is failing to call completion handler in error case
• ​https://commits.webkit.org/r290341 CachedResourceLoader::allCachedSVGImages() reparses resource URLs unnecessarily
• ​https://commits.webkit.org/r290359 Ensure generated inline assembler that setups segments returns to previous state
• ​https://commits.webkit.org/r290360 [GTK][WPE] PlatformDisplay::terminateEglDisplays() is never called
• ​https://commits.webkit.org/r290395 Bubblewrap launcher doesn't bind font locations from XDG_DATA_DIRS
• ​https://commits.webkit.org/r290401 [WPE][GTK] Paths should be canonicalized before calling bwrap
• ​https://commits.webkit.org/r290417 REGRESSION(r289683): [GTK][WPE] Scrolling with the mouse wheel doesn't work in twitter after r289683

Changes on track

Previous versions

For changes in older stable branches see: 2.34.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-2.36 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-2.36 branch to there, add a new remote to .git/config:

[svn-remote "webkit-2.36"]
    url = https://svn.webkit.org/repository/webkit/releases/WebKitGTK/webkit-2.36
    fetch = :refs/remotes/git-svn-webkit-2.36

and run the following commands:

git svn fetch webkit-2.36 -r 290294
git branch webkit-2.36 git-svn-webkit-2.36
git checkout webkit-2.36
git svn rebase