WebKitGTK 2.24.1 released!

WebKitGTK 2.24.1 is available for download at:

https://webkitgtk.org/releases/webkitgtk-2.24.1.tar.xz (17.1MB)
   md5sum: ed70e2bf2476a58b17df3d051f42ce6a
   sha1sum: e57ce1f623e26dc1726109891a02c35b2e99a440
   sha256sum: 53cb8eaad2ca4caaae663d68331b83fd27d5bd5f6c5388d6ea3c455e338f396d

This is the first bug fix release in the stable 2.24 series.

What's new in the WebKitGTK 2.24.1 release?
===========================================

  - Do not allow changes in active URI before provisional load starts for non-API requests.
  - Stop the threaded compositor when the page is not visible or layer tree state is frozen.
  - Use WebKit HTTP source element again for adaptive streaming fragments downloading.
  - Properly handle empty resources in webkit_web_resource_get_data().
  - Add quirk to ensure outlook.live.com uses the modern UI.
  - Fix methods returing GObject or boxed types in JavaScriptCore GLib API.
  - Ensure callback data is passed to functions and constructors with no parameters in JavaScriptCore GLib API.
  - Fix rendering of complex text when the font uses x,y origins.
  - Fix sound loop with Google Hangouts and WhatsApp notifications.
  - Fix the build with GStreamer 1.12.5 and GST GL enabled.
  - Detect SSE2 at compile time.
  - Fix several crashes and rendering issues.
  - Security fixes: CVE-2019-6251.

What is WebKitGTK?
==================

WebKitGTK is the GNOME platform port of the WebKit rendering engine.
Offering WebKit's full functionality through a set of GObject-based
APIs, it is suitable for projects requiring any kind of web
integration, from hybrid HTML/CSS applications to full-fledged web
browsers.

More information
================

If you want to know more about the project or get in touch with us
you may:

- Visit our website at https://www.webkitgtk.org, or the upstream
  site at https://www.webkit.org. People interested in contributing
  should read: https://www.webkit.org/coding/contributing.html.

- Browse the bug list at https://bugs.webkit.org, WebKitGTK bugs are
  typically prefixed by "[GTK]." A bug report with a minimal,
  reproducible test case is often just as valuable as a patch.

- Join the #webkit and #webkitgtk IRC channels at irc.freenode.net.

- Subscribe to the WebKitGTK mailing list,
  https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-gtk, or the
  WebKit development mailing list,
  https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev

Thanks
======

Thanks to all the contributors who made possible this release, they
are far too many to list!

The WebKitGTK team,
April 09, 2019
-- 
Carlos Garcia Campos
http://pgp.rediris.es:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xF3D322D0EC4582C3

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