[SRU] New stable release 2.4.2
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
webkitgtk (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Trusty |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Iain Lane |
Bug Description
[ Description ]
We should track the stable releases of webkitgtk to get upstream bug fixes
What's new in WebKitGTK+ 2.4.2?
- Correctly handle TLS errors in case of a server redirection.
- Fix a crash when submitting a form.
- Fix several JavaScriptCore crashes when browsing facebook.
- Fix a crash when closing a page with windowed plugins.
- Fix a crash after getting web view context property with g_object_get.
- Fix a new[] delete[] mismatch in SocketStreamHan
What’s new in the WebKitGTK+ 2.4.1 release?
Add CORS support for media elements to GStreamer media backend.
Fix wrong flags used in fcntl call that failed in FreeBSD.
Correctly handle HTTP authentication for cross-origin requests.
Correctly handle cookies for cross-origin requests.
Fix a crash in the plugin process with some plugins that redefine NPN functions.
Fix acceletared video when the video format has an alpha component.
Fix sites using geolocation after reloading when using Geoclue2.
Append Safari version to UserAgent to fix redirections in www.globalfores
[ Development release ]
Identical (modulo changelog) package uploaded to U already.
[ QA ]
Test many reverse dependencies and verify they still work as before.
[ Regression Potential ]
One of the upstream fixes could introduce a bug. I'll be subscribed to the package so hopefully will notice.
Changed in webkitgtk (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
Changed in webkitgtk (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
assignee: | nobody → Iain Lane (laney) |
There's a couple of new patches over Trusty in this SRU. They came from Debian and should be safe, but we can remove them if you'd prefer.