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cURL, Grokking those URL's

With help from Daniel Zucker at Wake3.com, the wxWindows and GTK+ teams, and the folks on #webkit we've finally got a building version of WebKit that does not rely on CFNetwork. Instead, it uses the same cURL backend as wxWindows and GTK+ to handle network interaction, URL parsing, and so forth.

Currently this work is pending review at WebKit.org, under 17730 and 17985. I've also extended the build-webkit interface to support a new --cairo flag that generates a Cairo/cURL build. You can find this (also pending) under 17952.

Note that you will probably need to apply some final WebKit patches to get a clean build. See 17484 for this handful of changes.
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Anonymous said…
Great work! Will there be pre-built .dll's made available for people who want to embed the WebKit engine in applications on Windows (with Cairo and cURL so it can be redistributed)? Would be great!
2:23 AM
bfulgham said…
That is absolutely the goal. At the moment, it's pretty much a manual operation. Once the patches I mention land, it will be possible to automate the build and generate DLL's for others to use on an easier level.
10:14 PM
m4rvin said…
hi brent! great work. when would your patches be incorporated? or is it in the nightly builds already.

i can see that there's at Release_Cairo. But couldn't get to build the webkit.dll
11:48 PM
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