On Thu, Jul 06, 2023 at 02:57:05PM +0200, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote: > Ack, given the changes (particularly switching to libc++) and the > reported regressions, I think we just EOL at this point. I don't > know if WebKit upstream would consider a longer support period on > the stable branches or avoid breaking changes for a little longer > than 3 years, but otherwise we'll have to eventually make this > decision.
I highly doubt it, the team does not have resources to do something like that. This is the WebKitGTK dependencies policy: https://docs.webkit.org/Ports/WebKitGTK%20and%20WPE%20WebKit/DependenciesPolicy.html Bear in mind that supporting older distros means refraining from using newer versions of the libraries and build dependencies that Webkit uses. This is already complicated, but there's a bigger problem than that: it also means not using recent versions of the C++ language, something that affects the WebKit project as a whole and that would need to be agreed with Apple. So I think making it EOL is the only viable choice at this point. Berto
