On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 07:30:23PM +1100, Trent W. Buck wrote:
> But maybe it only meant webkit (MacOS-only, not ever in Debian) or
> "webkitgtk" (not in Debian for about 8 years)?
> But then why even mention it in the *bullseye* release notes?
WebKit is an open source browser engine that works in different
platforms. A version of WebKit for a specific platform is called
"port", and there are several, some official, some unofficial, some
actively maintained and some deprecated or dead.
All ports "are" WebKit (they share the majority of the code base) and
you can specifiy which one you are referring to by calling it "the
GTK port", "the Mac port", etc. Some of them have their own names for
convenience ("WebKitGTK", "WebKitNIX", "QtWebKit", ...), but they're
still WebKit.
Two WebKit ports are actively maintained, available in Debian and have
security support: WPE WebKit and WebKitGTK (the package is called
webkit2gtk for technical / historical reasons).
Other WebKit ports available in Debian are not covered by security
support. I know there's at least QtWebKit, I don't know if there are
more.
Berto
