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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2017-dfaf0ca892
2017-04-01 16:46:19.661791
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Name        : webkitgtk4
Product     : Fedora 26
Version     : 2.16.0
Release     : 1.fc26
URL         : https://www.webkitgtk.org/
Summary     : GTK+ Web content engine library
Description :
WebKitGTK+ is the port of the portable web rendering engine WebKit to the
GTK+ platform.

This package contains WebKitGTK+ for GTK+ 3.

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Update Information:

Highlights of the 2.16.0 release:   * Hardware acceleration is now enabled on
demand to drastically reduce memory consumption.  * CSS Grid Layout is enabled
by default.  * New WebKitSetting to set the hardware acceleration policy.  * UI
process API to configure network proxy settings.  * Improved private browsing by
adding new API to create ephemeral web views.  * New API to handle website data.
* Debug tools: memory sampler and resource usage overlay  Translation updates:
* Brazilian Portuguese  * German  * Polish   ----  This update brings the
following changes:   * Show the context menu when triggered by the keyboard.  *
Fix web process deadlocks when destroying the media player.  * Fix web process
crashes when loading animated GIFs.  * Fix several crashes and rendering issues.
Translation updates:   * Polish.
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade webkitgtk4' at the command line.
For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/security/
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Fedora 26: webkitgtk4 Security Update 2017-dfaf0ca892

April 1, 2017
Highlights of the 2.16.0 release: * Hardware acceleration is now enabled on demand to drastically reduce memory consumption

Summary

WebKitGTK+ is the port of the portable web rendering engine WebKit to the

GTK+ platform.

This package contains WebKitGTK+ for GTK+ 3.

Update Information:

Highlights of the 2.16.0 release: * Hardware acceleration is now enabled on demand to drastically reduce memory consumption. * CSS Grid Layout is enabled by default. * New WebKitSetting to set the hardware acceleration policy. * UI process API to configure network proxy settings. * Improved private browsing by adding new API to create ephemeral web views. * New API to handle website data. * Debug tools: memory sampler and resource usage overlay Translation updates: * Brazilian Portuguese * German * Polish ---- This update brings the following changes: * Show the context menu when triggered by the keyboard. * Fix web process deadlocks when destroying the media player. * Fix web process crashes when loading animated GIFs. * Fix several crashes and rendering issues. Translation updates: * Polish.

Change Log

References

Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2017-dfaf0ca892 2017-04-01 16:46:19.661791 Name : webkitgtk4 Product : Fedora 26 Version : 2.16.0 Release : 1.fc26 URL : https://www.webkitgtk.org/ Summary : GTK+ Web content engine library Description : WebKitGTK+ is the port of the portable web rendering engine WebKit to the GTK+ platform. This package contains WebKitGTK+ for GTK+ 3.

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade webkitgtk4' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

Severity
Name : webkitgtk4
Product : Fedora 26
Version : 2.16.0
Release : 1.fc26
URL : https://www.webkitgtk.org/
Summary : GTK+ Web content engine library

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