WPE WebKit 2.40.1 released

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This is the first bug fix release in the stable 2.40 series.

What’s new in WPE WebKit 2.40.1?

  • The Bubblewrap sandbox no longer requires setting an application identifier via GApplication to operate correctly. Using GApplication is still recommended, but optional.
  • Improvements to the GStreamer multimedia playback, in particular around MSE, WebRTC, and seeking.
  • Make all supported image types appear in the Accept HTTP header.
  • Long touch presses no longer generate mouse click events, to align with other web engines and WebKit ports.
  • Fix default database quota size definition.
  • Fix application of all caps tags listed in the font-feature-settings CSS property.
  • Fix the build with journald support enabled when using elogind instead of the systemd libraries.
  • Fix the build when libgcrypt provides a libgcrypt-config script instead of a pkg-config module file.
  • Fix font height calculations for the font-size-adjust CSS property.
  • Fix the build when ccache is used in certain setups.
  • Fix the build for RISC-V 64-bit targets.
  • Fix the build with GCC 13.
  • Fix several crashes and rendering issues.

Checksums

wpewebkit-2.40.1.tar.xz (35.8 MiB)
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   sha1sum: fe03c27eedc59c0df0193d5e361b26e42e3598b0
   sha256sum: c6b25e168b70f2121305ed078d0790e0aa4b0c73fce44e32ed42d4e5dd137ccb