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[Bug 1290535] Re: [FFE] Webapps support for the new Oxide container

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From: Jamie Strandboge <jamie@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 19:00:38 -0000
Reply-to: Bug 1290535 <1290535@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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MIR request for Oxide gives some background: bug #1293681. Essentially,
Oxide "is the Chromium Content API wrapped with bindings for Ubuntu. The
Chromium Content API contains Blink, V8, etc and is subject to main new
security vulnerabilities. The Oxide bindings are written in such a way
that we are able to pull new upstream Chromium Content API versions
without changing the Oxide API, offering us the ability to track
upstream Chromium for security fixes." Oxide is the solution for
providing security support to the webapp container for the LTS and we
really cannot use webapp-container without it.

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Title:
  [FFE] Webapps support for the new Oxide container

Status in WebApps: libunity:
  New
Status in Unity WebApps QML component:
  New
Status in “libunity-webapps” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “oxide-qt” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “webbrowser-app” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  This is a feature freeze exception request to integrate the following
  feature in the upcoming Ubuntu 14.04 release.

  The overall web application support in Ubuntu currently relies on
  various components and a web container(s) in particular.  So far we
  have been using Firefox and Chromium, by way of browser extensions, to
  detect, host and integrate web applications in Ubuntu.

  On mobile devices however, we have already switched to using our own webapp container, based on webbrowser-app.
  The integration itself has been present as an option since 13.10. However we have been using the QtWebkit engine so far.

  This request is to also enable and use our webapp-container by
  defaullt, with the Oxide engine, on the desktop edition.

  The change impacts a set of packages linked to this bug report.

  NOTE: This request is not complete and serves to let the release team
  know of the impact and scope of changes, while the individual MPs with
  fixes are being consolidated. It will be updated at the beginning of
  next week when the landing silo is ready for a potential landing.

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