HEADS-UP: plan to integrate a newer WebKit into 9-dev next week.

[Felix Bembrick]

Will this new WebKit finally support WebGL?

Just by supporting WebGL in the JavaFX WebView will instantly enable an entire new set of 3D features and access to a plethora of JavaScript 3D libraries for "free".

And, Google Maps will finally work too.

> On 11 May 2016, at 08:20, Kevin Rushforth <kevin.rushforth at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> All,
> 
> As a heads-up, we plan to push an updated WebKit to FX 9-dev early next week [1]. If there are no build problems, they will be integrated to 9 master the following week for jdk-9+119. We then plan to backport the newer WebKit (to keep them in sync) to 8u-dev a couple weeks later.
> 
> The only new tool needed to build this is CMake [2] version 3.4 or later (we will use 3.4.1 to build).
> 
> Let me know if you have any questions.
> 
> -- Kevin
> 
> [1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8156698
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> [2] http://cmake.org/
>