GNU bug report logs - #26176
What to do about unmaintained frameworks like webkitgtk@2.4 in Guix?

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>

Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2017 20:45:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Chris Marusich <cmmarusich <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #17 received at 26176 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: Efraim Flashner <efraim <at> flashner.co.il>
Cc: 26176 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#26176: What to do about unmaintained frameworks like
 webkitgtk <at> 2.4 in Guix?
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2017 08:02:42 -0400

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On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 08:50:54AM +0200, Efraim Flashner wrote:
> kicad uses wxwidgets built with gtk+-2, and the one that didn't show up
> at all, gnucash, uses webkitgtk/gtk+-2, which is the gtk+@2 version of
> webkit <at> 2.4.

Good news: the GnuCash developers are actively working make GnuCash
compatible with the latest version of webkitgtk (or to completely remove
the dependency):

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=751635

The other good news is that, apparently, GnuCash's use of webkit is
relatively insulated from security issues:

"GnuCash isn't affected by WebKit vulnerabilities, WebKit is used
exclusively to render HTML and interpret Javascript both created by
GnuCash itself."

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=751635#c4

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