Hi distributors, I want to provide a warning regarding WebKit's unstable DOM bindings API. This API is subject to API/ABI changes in minor (2.x) release updates. (It will not intentionally change in micro 2.x.y updates.) If you follow our recommendation to always update to the latest stable release -- the only way to get required security updates -- this could cause problems for applications using the API. We are not aware of any distros that have been affected by this in the past, but we expect it to be an issue when upgrading from 2.12 -> 2.14 (or 2.13 if your distro follows our development releases) as an API used by Epiphany has changed.
This API is only accessible if WEBKIT_DOM_USE_UNSTABLE_API has been defined. To our knowledge, the only apps using this API currently are Epiphany and Yelp. You can avoid potential problems if you simply rebuild these two applications when updating to new versions of WebKit. This should ensure your security updates are safe and uneventful. If we learn that other apps are using this API in the future, we will let you know here. Michael _______________________________________________ webkit-gtk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-gtk
