WebKitGTK 2.42.0 released!

This is the first stable release in the 2.42 series.

Highlights of the WebKitGTK 2.42.0 release

  • New renderer based on DMA-BUF shared buffers.
  • Add new permission request to handle DOM paste access requests.
  • Add API to configure experimental features at runtime.
  • Add API to set the percentage of volume space that can be used for data storage.
  • GBM is no longer required for WebGL implementation.

For more details about all the changes included in WebKitGTK 2.42 see the NEWS file that is included in the tarball.

Thanks to all the contributors who made possible this release.