Preparing for 2.6.0

WebkitGtk+ 2.6.0 will be the next release in the stable series (following 2.4.x). We should merge not overly intrusive patches that improve stability or performance, fix build issues, etc. We branched at r173752 (19/09/14).

When filing bugs (​http://bugs.webkit.org) against stable release, please prefix them with "[GTK] [Stable]" to ensure they are addressed with high priority. Also, running a debug build and including stack traces is highly encouraged.

To get the stable branch code, simply check out ​http://svn.webkit.org/repository/webkit/releases/WebKitGTK/webkit-2.6

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 2.6.4

• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/176254 AX: [ATK] Crash getting the orientation of a MenuListOption after the MenuList was removed from the document
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/176198 [GTK] Add library search paths from LDFLAGS before pkg-config --libs
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/176076 AX: [ATK] Accessible focus events are emitted when the selection is changed in non-focused combo boxes. In addition to fixing the bug stated, by side effect it should prevent the crash described in ​bug 137658 for users who are NOT running an assistive technology.
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/176091 AX: [ATK] Do not return ATK_ROLE_UNKNOWN for null or otherwise invalid accessible objects. In addition to fixing the bug stated, by side effect it should prevent the crash described in ​bug 137658 for users who ARE running an assistive technology.
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/174927 + ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/176252 [SOUP] Disable SSLv3 + [SOUP] [GnuTLS] Don't use a SSL3.0 record version in client hello.'

Proposed merges for 2.6.3

• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/175696 [GTK] [Stable] webkitgtk 2.6.1 fails to load flashplugin
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/173999 [GTK] Enable CSS_IMAGE_SET in production builds
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/138003 [GTK] Fix build on Hurd
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/175299 ArgumentEncoder::encode does not support std::chrono::duration on some platforms

Proposed merges for 2.6.1

• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/174008 [GTK] Don't include full path names in WebKitEnumTypes.h
• ​https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=137021 Hindi translation updated
• ​https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=137027 Updated Telugu Translation for WebKitGTK+
• ​https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=174497 Race condition with WebKitWebView:is-loading after starting page load

Proposed merges for 2.6.0

• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/173810 Webkit Gujarati Translations
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/173811 Odia (or_IN) translation for webkit
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/173812 [as] Updated Assamese translations of WebKitGtk+
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/173813 Webkit Tamil translations updated
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/173814 [l10n] Updated Hebrew translation of WebKitGTK+
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/173815 [l10n] Updated Polish translation of WebKitGTK+
• ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/173809 [GStreamer] Cannot play Vimeo video
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/173824 [l10n] [mr] WebKitGTK+ Marathi Translations
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/173831 [kn] Kannada Translation for webkit
• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/173886 [CLoop] - Fix CLoop on the 32-bit Big-Endians

Proposed merges for 2.5.90

• ​http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/173753 Webkitgtk 2.5.3: tarball contains APPLE LICENSE file - stating not distributable

Changes on track

• ​https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=138832 [GTK] Fail to generate .gir file on FreeBSD because LDFLAGS is unset

Previous versions

For changes in older stable branches see: 2.4.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-2.6 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-2.6 branch to there, add a new remote to .git/config:

[svn-remote "webkit-2.6"]
    url = http://svn.webkit.org/repository/webkit/releases/WebKitGTK/webkit-2.6
    fetch = :refs/remotes/git-svn-webkit-2.6

and run the following commands:

git svn fetch webkit-2.6 -r 173752
git branch webkit-2.6 git-svn-webkit-2.6
git checkout webkit-2.6
git svn rebase