On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 11:46 AM, Alexander Kanavin <alexander.kana...@linux.intel.com> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I've been looking into updating oe-core's aging web engine/browser combo, > and want to give you a heads up about what's going to happen: > > 1) webkit-gtk engine will be updated to latest stable upstream release > (2.8.3 which is providing Webkit2 API and is a Gtk3 port) > > 2) midori browser will be replaced with Epiphany browser from the Gnome > project. The reason is that the latest release of midori still defaults to > Webkit1 and gtk2, a new version of midori is in development, but is a major > rewrite with no target release date and is far from ready at the moment > (from looking at the list of open issues). > > The downside to this is extra bloat and dependencies, but I can't see any > other way we can provide a modern client stack for the web. Having a browser > is important nowadays for any kiosk-type device with a touchscreen, because > that's how UIs are written. > So we are loosing last working browser around - what get's better except later is greater?
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