WebKitGTK+ 2.6.6 released!

This is a bug fix release in the stable 2.6 series.

What’s new in the WebKitGTK+ 2.6.6 release?

  • Check TLS errors as soon as they are set in the SoupMessage to prevent any data from being sent to the server in case of invalid certificate.
  • Fix synchronous loads when maximum connection limits are reached.
  • Fix web timing calculations when loading resources from the disk cache.
  • Ensure WebKitFrame objects are released when the frame is destroyed.
  • Fix some transfer annotations used in GObject DOM bindings.
  • Clear the GObject DOM bindings internal cache when frames are destroyed or web view contents are updated.
  • Fix a crash viewing http://www.last.fm/.
  • Fix a crash due to empty drag image during drag and drop.
  • Fix rendering of drag and drop icon.
  • Resize the accelerating compositing window to a minimum size again after leaving accelerated compositing mode to save memory.
  • Fix a crash when loading a local file with webkit_web_view_load_alternate_html.
  • Fix rendering of scrollbars with GTK+ >= 3.16.
  • Fix the build with older versions of GStreamer.
  • Fix the build with CMake 3.2.
  • Fix the build for Linux/MIPS64EL.
  • Fix the build for HPPA.
  • Fix the build with recent versions of GLib that have GMutexLocker.
  • Fix the gtk-doc generation to appear in DevHelp.

Thanks to all the contributors who made possible this release.