WPE WebKit 2.23.90 released!

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This is a development release leading toward 2.24 series.

What’s new in the WebKitGTK 2.23.90 release?

  • Add a new setting to disable JavaScript elments from documents during parsing.
  • Add initial support for subprocess sandboxing in Linux.
  • Add initial support for variation fonts.
  • Add new API to convert a URI to a format for display.
  • Add new API to expose JavaScriptCore options.
  • Add new API to handle user content filters.
  • Add new permission request type for media device information.
  • Add support for JPEG2000 images.
  • Fix a UI process crash while filling selection data during drag and drop.
  • Fix a web process deadlock when starting the remote inspector.
  • Fix crashes when closing the WebDriver session.
  • Fix deadlock on Linux/x64 between SamplingProfiler and VMTraps.
  • Fix rendering artifacts in some websites with accelerated compositing enabled.
  • Fix the build with OpenGL disabled.
  • Remove experimental sandboxing support, it’s not yet ready for stable release.
  • Sleep disabler now inhibits idle when a “System” sleep disabler is requested.
  • Fix several crashes and rendering issues.

Thanks to all the contributors who made possible this release.

Checksums
wpewebkit-2.23.90.tar.xz (16.1MB)
   md5sum: 06ab9cc7da53cf35ff9315800fb91140
   sha1sum: 5ed558f2e7d4b82adbe426b4574f24eac848fa60
   sha256sum: 070c4e838560b3dacc635af769c419ffb11ef3bb211f826115b2308990fc7ad8

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