WebKitGTK 2.48.0 released!
This is the first stable release in the 2.48 series.
Highlights of the WebKitGTK 2.48.0 release
- Move tile rendering to worker threads when rendering with the GPU.
- Fix preserve-3D intersection rendering.
- Added new function for creating
Promise
objects to the JavaScriptCore GLib API. - The
MediaRecorder
backend gained WebM support (requires at least GStreamer 1.24.9) and audio bitrate configuration support. - Fix invalid DPI-aware font size conversion.
- Bring back support for OpenType-SVG fonts using Skia SVG module.
- Add metadata (title and creation/modification date) to the PDF document generated for printing.
- Propagate the font’s computed locale to HarfBuzz.
- The GPU process build is now enabled for WebGL, but the web process is still used by default.
The runtime flag
UseGPUProcessForWebGL
can be used to use the GPU process for WebGL.
For more details about all the changes included in WebKitGTK 2.48 see the NEWS file that is included in the tarball.
Thanks to all the contributors who made possible this release.