WebKitGTK+ 1.8.1 released



WebKitGTK+ 1.8.1 is available for download at:

http://webkitgtk.org/releases/webkit-1.8.1.tar.xz (7.6MB)
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http://webkitgtk.org/releases/webkit-1.8.1.tar.xz.asc

This is the second stable release in the 1.8 series.

What's new since the WebKitGTK+ 1.8.0 release?
============================================
 - NOTE: The libsoup dependency has been raised to 2.37.92
 - Throttle DNS prefetching to avoid overloading the resolver.
 - Fix a bug where the Content-Length header was not sent for certain
   XMLHttpRequests.
 - Fix a repainting error that occurred during interior frame scrolling.
 - Fix a SIGILL crash in JavaScriptCore on the Geode processor.
 - Fix the rendering of toggle buttons with larger-than-default widths
   and heights with the Adwaita theme.
 - Fix a crash that could occur during synchronous XMLHttpRequests.
 - Fix flickering during scrolling and resizing in newer versions of
   GTK+.
 - Merge many security fixes from trunk


What is WebKitGTK+?
===================

WebKitGTK+ is the GNOME platform port of the WebKit rendering engine.
Offering WebKit's full functionality through a set of GObject-based
APIs, it is suitable for projects requiring any kind of web
integration, from hybrid HTML/CSS applications to full-fledged web
browsers.

Requirements
============

gtk+ >= 2.10
gail >= 1.8
glib >= 2.31.2
libsoup >= 2.37.92
cairo >= 1.10
libxml >= 2.6
fontconfig >= 2.4
FreeType2 >= 9.0

Depending on your configuration options WebKitGTK+ may also depend on:

gtk+ >= 3.0
gail >= 3.0
libxslt >= 1.1.7
SQLite >= 3.0
gstreamer >= 0.10
gstreamer-plugin-base >= 0.10.30
enchant >= 0.22

More information
================

If you want to know more about the project or get in touch with us
you may:

  - Visit our website at http://www.webkitgtk.org, or the upstream
    site at http://www.webkit.org. People interested in contributing
    should read: http://www.webkit.org/coding/contributing.html.

  - Browse the bug list at http://bugs.webkit.org, WebKitGTK+ bugs are
    typically prefixed by "[GTK]." A bug report with a minimal,
    reproducible test case is often just as valuable as a patch.

  - Join the #webkit and #webkitgtk+ IRC channels at irc.freenode.net.

  - Subscribe to the WebKitGTK+ mailing list,
    http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-gtk, or the
    WebKit's development mailing list,
    http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev

Thanks
======

Thanks to all the contributors who made possible this release, they
are far too many to list!

The WebKitGTK+ team,
April 24, 2012












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