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@cztomczak cztomczak released this 15 Dec 18:59
· 20 commits to cefpython55 since this release
v55.2
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This release was removed from PyPI due to cleanup in pip releases (#329). You can install it using files attached to this GitHub release.

Changes in this Release:

  • This is Chrome beta channel from Nov 30
  • v55 is now the default branch
  • Update to Chrome 55.0.2883.59 (beta channel) and CEF 3.2883.1539.gd7f087e (#271)
  • Update to Cython 0.25.2 (#110)
  • Fix Certificate Transparency causing some SSL sites fail to load after some time (#279)
  • Add ApplicationSettings.net_security_expiration_enabled (#279)
  • Fix ApplicationSettings.cache_path not working (#283).
  • Fix: Not a clean shutdown in examples, when closing app while browser is still loading a website (#282).
  • Fix loading local filesystem urls that contained any of ? & = characters (#273).
  • Fix Request.SetPostData and GetPostData segmentation faults (#228).
  • Update ExecuteJavascript docs with scriptUrl="" and startLine=1 default params. Also worth noting that ExecuteJavascript crashed in earlier CEF versions when startLine wasn't provided or was <= 0 (Issue #268).

Notes on examples:

  • Examples provided with this release: hello_world.py, gtk2.py, tkinter_.py and kivy_.py
  • For PyQt4/PySide examples see this comment (tested with python 2.7)
  • gtk3.py example doesn't work (#261)

Key changes in upstream CEF between commits a6c42a7...d7f087e (since CEF Python 55.1):

  • Update to Chromium version 55.0.2883.59 (Chrome beta channel from Nov 30)
  • Fix crash when persisting user preferences
  • Fix crash related to channel ID support, disable channel ID support
  • Fix load error when using Request->SetUrl when url contains double byte characters
  • Net security (CT, HSTS) expiration based on build age is now disabled by default. Configurable with CefSettings.enable_net_security_expiration.
  • Add CefSettings.enable_net_security_expiration
  • Standardize IME callbacks for off-screen rendering. Add CefRenderHandler.OnImeCompositionRangeChanged. Add CefBrowser IME methods : ImeSetComposition, ImeCommitText, ImeFinishComposingText, ImeCancelComposition
  • Add CefWaitableEvent for synchronizing threads (one waits for another to finish work)
  • Add CefThread for creating new CEF threads
  • Add initial WebUI support. Visit chrome://webui-hosts for the list of supported hosts:
    • chrome://accessibility
    • chrome://appcache-internals
    • chrome://blob-internals
    • chrome://credits
    • chrome://gpu
    • chrome://histograms
    • chrome://indexeddb-internals
    • chrome://license
    • chrome://media-internals
    • chrome://net-export
    • chrome://net-internals
    • chrome://network-error
    • chrome://network-errors
    • chrome://resources
    • chrome://serviceworker-internals
    • chrome://system
    • chrome://tracing
    • chrome://version
    • chrome://view-http-cache
    • chrome://webrtc-internals
    • chrome://webui-hosts
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