** 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 ... 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. 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 + Those 4 apps are the most likely to have problems with the update. It + would probably be good to test a few other apps from its rdepends too: + + $ reverse-depends src:webkit2gtk + 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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