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The first development version of the WebKitGTK 2.30 series is now available.



WebKitGTK 2.29.1 released

WebKitGTK 2.29.1 is available for download at:

https://webkitgtk.org/releases/webkitgtk-2.29.1.tar.xz (20.7MB)
md5sum: ea5b14b5efc026294c8ac59bf8c6eef5
sha1sum: fc524627de6ea7706ff864789ef83a14cebd70f9
sha256sum: 3f7bb1904f5050fb14fdc9cb2e471ac49c11f8ee6b99cc6f43b447216af0a866

This is the first development release leading toward 2.30 series.

What's new in the WebKitGTK 2.29.1 release?
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- Stop using GTK theming to render form controls.
- Add API to disable GTK theming for scrollbars too.
- Fix several race conditions and threading issues in the media player.
- Add USER_AGENT_BRANDING build option.
- Add paste as plain text option to the context menu for rich editable content.
- Fix several crashes and rendering issues.

What is WebKitGTK?
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WebKitGTK is the GNOME platform port of the WebKit rendering engine.
Offering WebKit's full functionality through a set of GObject-based
APIs, it is suitable for projects requiring any kind of web
integration, from hybrid HTML/CSS applications to full-fledged web
browsers.

More information
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If you want to know more about the project or get in touch with us
you may:

- Visit our website at https://www.webkitgtk.org, or the upstream
site at https://www.webkit.org. People interested in contributing
should read: https://www.webkit.org/coding/contributing.html.

- Browse the bug list at https://bugs.webkit.org, WebKitGTK bugs are
typically prefixed by "[GTK]." A bug report with a minimal,
reproducible test case is often just as valuable as a patch.

- Join the #webkit and #webkitgtk IRC channels at irc.freenode.net.

- Subscribe to the WebKitGTK mailing list,
https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-gtk, or the
WebKit development mailing list,
https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev

Thanks
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Thanks to all the contributors who made possible this release, they
are far too many to list!

The WebKitGTK team,
May 18, 2020