Bug#862452: Update to newer QtWebKit
Hi,
On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 10:11:20PM +0200, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:
> QtWebKit has recently restarted, due to it being faster,
> lighter and more standard compliant than the Blink-derived
> QtWebEngine, see e.g.
>
> http://qtwebkit.blogspot.it/2016/08/qtwebkit-im-back.html
>
> for the announcement (and comparisons). A “Technology
> Preview” compatible with Qt 5.8 is available
>
> https://github.com/annulen/webkit/releases/tag/qtwebkit-tp5
>
> Would it be possible to package it (as `libqt5webkit-ng5`
> for example) when Qt gets upgraded?
Yes, it is planned to update qtwebkit for Buster, but this will only
happen when we have Qt 5.9 in testing.
It is not yet decided whether it will be the same source package or a
new one, but in any case any help is welcome.
--
Dmitry Shachnev
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