[yocto] [OE-core] Webkit-gtk will be updated to latest upstream; midori browser to be replaced with Epiphany

[Andreas Müller]

On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 11:46 AM, Alexander Kanavin
<alexander.kanavin at 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?

Andreas