[Slackbuilds-users] webkitgtk vs. webkit2gtk

bch at shroggslodge.freeserve.co.uk bch at shroggslodge.freeserve.co.uk
Thu Sep 22 14:03:31 UTC 2016


Hi there

I asked a similar question previously on linuxquestions. Maybe it will
answer for you too.
Best wishes

https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/what-is-the-difference-between-webkitgtk-and-webkitgtk2-and-can-they-co-exist-please-4175589659/

Habs

On 22 September 2016 at 14:29, Jim Diamond <Jim.Diamond at acadiau.ca> wrote:

> There are slackbuilds by the names
>         webkitgtk
> and
>         webkit2gtk
> which seem to be more or less the same thing ("webkitgtk" with no
> "2"), with versions of varying degrees of age.
>
> Can anyone (*cough*, Willy and Erik, *cough*) comment on
> -> why there are two versions in SBo?
> -> do we really want both versions?
> -> does one version subsume the other (except for some SBos which
>    want one and some which want the other)?
> -> is it possible to combine these into one all-singing, all-dancing
>    version which makes all the dependent packages happy?
>
> Thanks.
>
>                                 Jim
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