[Sugar-devel] Browse, vulnerable

[James Cameron]

I've no plans yet for a newer WebKit in OLPC OS.  But don't let that
hold Sugar back.

On Wed, Feb 03, 2016 at 01:48:43PM +1100, Sam P. wrote:
> Hi James,
> 
> Borwse could eaisly be ported now, as webkit 2.11.4 finally includes essential
> apis for functionality. Maybe this will be for next cycle?
> 
> Will the newer webkit version be avliable downstream on OLPC OS, or will you
> use the older webkit1 browse?
> 
> Thanks,
> Sam
> 
> On Wednesday, February 3, 2016, James Cameron <[1]quozl at laptop.org> wrote:
> > An interesting blog post describing the situation with WebKit security
> > updates:
> >
> > [2]https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2016/02/01/on-webkit-security-updates/
> >
> > Browse in Sugar is without security updates because it depends on
> > an old WebKit version of WebKitGTK+, and the great API break called
> > WebKit2 has not yet been fixed in a Browse release.
> >
> > --
> > James Cameron
> > [3]http://quozl.netrek.org/
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> >
> 
> References:
> 
> [1] mailto:quozl at laptop.org
> [2] https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2016/02/01/on-webkit-security-updates/
> [3] http://quozl.netrek.org/
> [4] mailto:Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
> [5] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel

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James Cameron
http://quozl.netrek.org/