WPE WebKit 2.41.2 released

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This is a development release leading towards the 2.42 series.

What’s new in WPE WebKit 2.41.2?

  • Properly handle the modifier value when exporting/importing DMA-BUF buffers.
  • The Bubblewrap sandbox no longer requires setting an application identifier via GApplication to operate correctly. Using GApplication is still recommended, but optional.
  • Show DRM device and render node if available in webkit://gpu.
  • Long touch presses no longer generate mouse click events, to align with other web engines and WebKit ports.
  • New build options to fine-tune WPE for certain hardware platforms (Westeros, Broadcom, Broadcom Nexus, Amlogic, Raspberry Pi).
  • Ensure that the correct GPU device is used for WebGL when using GBM.
  • Fix touchmove events not being produced.
  • Fix cap height calculation in font metrics.
  • Fix the build on i386.
  • Fix the build with libgbm disabled.
  • Fix the build with USE_WPE_VIDEO_PLANE_DISPLAY_DMABUF enabled.
  • Add WebKitClipboardPermissionRequest to handle DOM paste access requests.
  • Fix several crashes and rendering issues.

Checksums

wpewebkit-2.41.2.tar.xz (36.1 MiB)
   md5sum: 48692ef442caeb49f5c506bd953dece7
   sha1sum: 29b6b697248ad969c7e0b7341dc16e6ee38f275e
   sha256sum: 52498b5653807c65b2b19302904053beed890df8efbcd6cc08e696e215bdf3ce

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