[bug#66480] [PATCH gnome-team WIP 0/2] Update WebkitGTK

[Maxim Cournoyer]

Hi,

Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler@gmail.com> writes:

> Am Donnerstag, dem 12.10.2023 um 10:29 -0400 schrieb Maxim Cournoyer:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler@gmail.com> writes:
>> 
>> > Hi Guix,
>> > 
>> > our Webkit is a tad bit out of date, so let's at least update it on
>> > the gnome-team branch.  Also, since we have a Webkit 6.0 typelib
>> > now, let's make it the default Webkit for everyone.  What could go
>> > wrong?
>> > 
>> > (hopefully this won't go like <https://qa.guix.gnu.org/issue/66019>
>> > where the CI refused to compute stuff)
>> > 
>> > Liliana Marie Prikler (2):
>> >   gnu: webkitgtk: Update to 2.42.1.
>> >   gnu: Make webkitgtk-next the new webkitgtk.
>> 
>> I'm not too sure what Webkit 'typelib' means, but at any rate this
>> looks reasonable to me (series LGTM).
> Put shortly, typelibs are annotated "C" libraries that you can use from
> many languages by consuming XML or reading a particularly formatted
> binary file.  (See also gobject-introspection.)
>
> Basically, the move to Webkit 6.0 means that the GTK4 port of Webkit is
> now considered stable (6.0 means GTK, 5.x was GTK4 before, 4.1 is
> libsoup3, and 4.0 is libsoup2).  Apparently, you can't really version-
> bump your dependencies without version-bumping your typelib so that
> downstream doesn't suddenly get hit by some API instability.

I see!  Thanks for explaining.

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim