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Fedora 26: FEDORA-2017-dfaf0ca892 Moderate: WebKitGTK4 Update Improvements

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.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnfupgrade 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. To unsubscribe send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . The Fedora 27 webkitgtk4 upgrade boosts efficiency through optimized graphics rendering and better memory management.. Fedora Update, WebKitGTK, Hardware Acceleration, Memory Management, Private Browsing. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Apr 01, 2017 Fedora