** Description changed:

  Impact
  ======
  webkit2gtk 2.14.2 is a new bugfix release in the stable 2.14 series
  
  https://webkitgtk.org/2016/11/03/webkitgtk2.14.2-released.html
  
+ Same justification as bug 1632535 ...
  
- Same justification as bug 1632535. It's likely that the 2.14 series contains 
unannounced security fixes that will be not be backported to previous stable 
releases. Once the next Security Advisory is posted, we will be looking into 
releasing 2.14 to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. It's good to get more real-world testing 
from Ubuntu 16.10 users first. Plus it fixes some bugs affecting 16.10.
+ https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2016-0006.html was just posted. New
+ security fixes are not backported to previous stable releases, so I
+ believe we will be updating Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with the 2.14 series like
+ we did with the 2.12 series recently.
  
- https://webkitgtk.org/security.html
+ Because of the non-trivial regression potential, it's good to get some
+ real-world testing first. Plus it fixes some bugs affecting 16.10.
  
  Test Case
  =========
  - Run epiphany-browser, evolution and yelp since those apps currently use 
webkitgtk's unstable DOM API
  - Run the ubiquity slideshow. Instructions for doing this without needing to 
run the installer are at
  
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webkit2gtk/+bug/1618956/comments/4
  
+ I have done this testing from my PPA. Please don't permanently add this
+ PPA to your system as I use it for a variety of packaging experiments.
+ 
+ https://launchpad.net/~jbicha/+archive/ubuntu/arch/
+ 
  Regression Potential
  ====================
  Low to Moderate. The diff is too large to be able to review very easily.
  A few months ago, a stable webkit2gtk update (2.12.4, fixed in 2.12.5) broke 
the ubiquity slideshow ( bug 1618956 ). This risk is mitigated because we are 
specifically testing for that now.

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