[Users] [Bug 3710] Fancy plugin: Upgrade to webkit2 ?

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http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3710

Klaus Kusche <klaus.kusche at computerix.info> changed:

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--- Comment #2 from Klaus Kusche <klaus.kusche at computerix.info> ---
This is not just a RFE. It is a security problem:

As far as I know, up to now close to 200 security fixes have been committed
to the webkit2 versions which have not been applied to 2.4.x (i.e. webkit1).

And there is a definite statement of the webkit development team
that there will be no security backports to old webkit versions.
See e.g. 
https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2016/02/01/on-webkit-security-updates/

The linux distribution I use is already discussing if and when webkit 2.4.x 
should be dropped for security reasons.

If claws really wants long-term gtk2 support,
I think it would have to switch from webkit to cef for html mail support.

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