I think this is fine. If we made sure that the webkit2gtk-4.0 packages
still use the old libsoup2, I'm all fine with this going to the release
pocket.
For other release team members: I was also curious what changes does the
new webkit2gtk version bring, especially that it felt like a big jump
(.3 to .90 ?!). Apparently though .90 is simply the next version after
.3, and the news entry is:
+=================
WebKitGTK 2.35.90
=================
What's new in WebKitGTK 2.35.90?
- Fix scrolling with the mouse wheel on sites using overscroll-behavior.
- Suspend web processes after some time in the process cache.
- Fix renderning of horizontal scrollbars with themes enabling steppers.
- Ensure EGL displays are terminated before web process exits.
- Deinitialize gstreamer before web process exits.
- Make fonts under XDG_DATA_DIRS available in web process sanbox.
- Canonicalize paths passed to bubblewrap launcher.
- Fix several crashes and rendering issues.
- Translation updates: Hebrew.
** Changed in: webkit2gtk (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Triaged
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1964132
Title:
[FFe] webkit2gtk additionally built with libsoup3 support
Status in webkit2gtk package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Bug description:
Request
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1. Add the new libsoup3-using packages in webkit2gtk
2. Build Epiphany with the new webkit2gtk 4.1 API built with libsoup3
Why Needed
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Our webkit2gtk packaging is built with libsoup2 (webkitgtk's 4.0 API).
Debian's packaging recently added additional packages built with libsoup3
(webkitgtk's 4.1 API); these should not affect the existing libsoup2 packages.
The libsoup2 > libsoup3 transition is a big one and will not happen
for 22.04 LTS; I am hoping we can finish it for main by 23.04 but I
haven't looked into it yet.
It's expected that GNOME 43 will try to switch to libsoup3. Having
webkit2gtk with libsoup3 support in 22.04 LTS will make it easier for
newer versions of the GNOME Web Browser (epiphany) to run on this
release. It also will make it easier to create snaps of GNOME 43 apps
using a core22 base.
My instinct is that we want libsoup3 and the new webkit+libsoup3
packages to stay in universe for 22.04 LTS and then Main Inclusion can
be recommended for 22.10.
It is not intended for any traditional (.deb) packages in 22.04 LTS
itself to use these new packages except epiphany.
I already uploaded the webkit2gtk merge/sync with this change. If this
FFe is rejected, I can undo the addition.
What Changed
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See above
Build Test
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https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit2gtk/2.35.90-1ubuntu1
Install Test
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Not done yet.
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