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[David Barth <david.barth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is a heads up for Webapp developers.

We would like to switch all webapps to the Oxide runtime. as soon as 
possible.

The webapp-container has switched to Oxide for a few months and the 
feedback is generally very good. Oxide is performing much better, with a 
score close to 500 on the html5test scale.

We have kept some backward compatibility support up until now: if your 
webapp declares using the 13.10 framework, you are still using the old 
QtWebkit engine.

We will stop supporting the old code path as soon as the next Qt build 
is uploaded in the image. Most, if not all webapps should continue to 
work unchanged, if not better.

However, we encourage you to test and switch explicitly and reupload you 
webapp with the new 14.04 framework. Instructions for packaging a webapp 
can be found at: 
http://developer.ubuntu.com/publish/webapp/packaging-web-apps/

The main changes are:
- declare framework: "ubuntu-sdk-14.04" in your manifest.json
- make sure you have at least "webview" in your policy_groups

Let us know if you need help or have any questions.

David