Control: tags -1 - moreinfo On Fri, May 28, 2021 at 10:44:27PM +0200, Sebastian Ramacher wrote: > libwebkit2gtk-4.0.so.37 libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 #MINVER# > * Build-Depends-Package: libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev > (c++)"WebKit::NetworkProcessMain(int, char**)@Base" 2.27.90 > - (c++)"WebKit::PluginProcessMain(int, char**)@Base" 2.27.90 > (c++)"WebKit::WebProcessMain(int, char**)@Base" 2.27.90 > (c++)"WebKit::WebKitExtensionManager::initialize(WebKit::InjectedBundle*, > API::Object*)@Base" 2.17.5 > (c++)"WebKit::WebKitExtensionManager::singleton()@Base" 2.17.5 > > Is that an internal symbol or why is it safe to remove it without a > SONAME bump?
This is actually not part of the library API. The plugin process is (was) a separate binary used to load NPAPI plugins, but those are no longer supported by any major browser: https://salsa.debian.org/webkit-team/webkit/-/commit/73f555da9678842191a904b41ca17d7aee84a8e4 The last important user was Adobe Flash, which reached eol in December 2020. Berto
