From me at the-compiler.org  Thu Oct  4 14:22:21 2018
From: me at the-compiler.org (Florian Bruhin)
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2018 14:22:21 +0200
Subject: [qutebrowser-announce] qutebrowser v1.5.0 released!
Message-ID: <20181004122221.oxlreplqy3eaq4vt@hooch.localdomain>

Hey,

The release announcement is a bit delayed because there was some
trouble[1][2] with the release, but here it is: I released qutebrowser
v1.5.0 yesterday!

[1] https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/pull/3787
[2] https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/pipermail/pyqt/2018-October/040977.html

The highlight of this release is probably PDF.js support for
QtWebEngine, but there's a lot more too - check the full changelog:

Added
~~~~~

- Rewritten PDF.js support:
  * PDF.js support and the `content.pdfjs` setting are now available with
    QtWebEngine.
  * Opening a PDF file now doesn't start a second request anymore.
  * Opening PDFs on https:// sites now works properly.
  * New `--pdfjs` flag for `prompt-open-download`, so PDFs can be opened in
    PDF.js with `<Ctrl-P>` in the download prompt.
- New settings:
  * `content.mouse_lock` to handle HTML5 pointer locking.
  * `completion.web_history.exclude` which hides a list of URL patterns from
    the completion.
  * `qt.process_model` which can be used to change Chromium's process model.
  * `qt.low_end_device_mode` which turns on Chromium's low-end device mode.
    This mode uses less RAM, but the expense of performance.
  * `content.webrtc_ip_handling_policy`, which allows more
    fine-grained/restrictive control about which IPs are exposed via WebRTC.
  * `tabs.max_width` which allows to have a more "normal" look for tabs.
  * `content.mute` which allows to mute pages (or all tabs) by default.
- Running qutebrowser with QtWebKit or Qt < 5.9 now shows a warning (only
  once), as support for those is going to be removed in a future release.
- New t[iI][hHu] default bindings (similar to `tsh` etc.) to toggle images.
- The qute-pass userscript now has optional OTP support.
- When `:spawn --userscript` is called with a count, that count is now
  passed to userscripts as `$QUTE_COUNT`.

Changed
~~~~~~~

- Windows and macOS releases now bundle Python 3.7, PyQt 5.11.3 and Qt 5.11.2.
  QtWebEngine includes security fixes up to Chromium 68.0.3440.75 and
  various other fixes:
  http://code.qt.io/cgit/qt/qtwebengine.git/tree/dist/changes-5.11.2/?h=v5.11.2
- Various performance improvements when many tabs are opened.
- The `content.headers.referer` setting now works on QtWebEngine.
- The `:repeat` command now takes a count which is multiplied with the given
  "times" argument.
- The default keybinding to leave passthrough mode was changed from `<Ctrl-V>`
  to `<Shift-Escape>`, which makes pasting from the clipboard easier in
  passthrough mode and is also unlikely to conflict with webpage bindings.
- The `app_id` is now set to `qutebrowser` for Wayland.
- `Command` or `Cmd` can now be used (instead of `Meta`) to map the Command key
  on macOS.
- Using `:set option` now shows the value of the setting (like `:set option?`
  already did).
- The `completion.web_history_max_items` setting got renamed to
  `completion.web_history.max_items`.
- The Makefile shipped with qutebrowser now supports overriding variables
  `DATADIR` and `MANDIR`.
- Regenerating completion history now shows a progress dialog.
- The `content.autoplay` setting now supports URL patterns on Qt >= 5.11.
- The `content.host_blocking.whitelist` setting now takes a list of URL
  patterns instead of globs.
- In passthrough mode, Ctrl + Mousewheel now also gets passed through to the
  page instead of zooming.
- Editing text in an external editor now simulates a JS "input" event, which
  improves compatibility with websites reacting via JS to input.
- The `qute://settings` page is now properly sorted on Python 3.5.
- `:zoom`, `:zoom-in` and `:zoom-out` now have a `--quiet` switch which causes
  them to not display a message.
- The `scrolling.bar` setting now takes three values instead of being a
  boolean: `always`, `never`, and `when-searching` (which only displays it
  while a search is active).
- '@@' now repeats the last run macro.
- The `content.host_blocking.lists` setting now accepts a `file://` URL to a
  directory, and reads all files in that directory.
- The `:tab-give` and `:tab-take` command now have a new flag `--keep` which
  causes them to keep the old tab around.
- `:navigate` now clears the URL query.

Fixed
~~~~~

- `qute://` pages now work properly on Qt 5.11.2
- Error when passing a substring with spaces to `:tab-take`.
- Greasemonkey scripts which start with an UTF-8 BOM are now handled correctly.
- When no documentation has been generated, the plaintext documentation now can
  be shown for more files such as `qute://help/userscripts.html`.
- Crash when doing initial run on Wayland without XWayland.
- Crash when trying to load an empty session file.
- `:hint` with an invalid `--mode=` value now shows a proper error.
- Rare crash on Qt 5.11.2 when clicking on `<select>` elements.
- Rare crash related to the completion.

Removed
~~~~~~~

- Support for importing pre-v1.0.0 history files has been removed.
- The `content.webrtc_public_interfaces_only` setting has been removed and
  replaced by `content.webrtc_ip_handling_policy`.

Enjoy!

Florian

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From me at the-compiler.org  Sun Oct  7 20:42:39 2018
From: me at the-compiler.org (Florian Bruhin)
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2018 20:42:39 +0200
Subject: [qutebrowser-announce] qutebrowser contributions / pull requests
Message-ID: <20181007184239.wtxaa2pxg3fwf4eq@hooch.localdomain>

Heya!

as you might know, I'm currently working on qutebrowser as a student
research project[1]. At the same time, there's a constant influx of pull
requests, as well as a backlog of pull requests (currently 25 open, 11
needing my review) I haven't gotten to because of the last exam session
around August.

On one hand, that's a great thing. There are almost 1200 closed pull
requests by ~240 contributors, and I'm glad that qutebrowser is a good
place for people to contribute to, be it routine contributors or someone
who just opened their first pull request ever.

On the other hand, a lot of that review work is done by me, and it's
more than you'd expect (probably around an hour of work per PR, in
average). That usually means I'm not the one deciding in what direction
qutebrowser's development goes, as I rarely find the time to work on
anything other than review and bugfixing (or keeping up with Qt updates)
myself nowadays - and when I do, it's usually during my holidays, like
with the PDF.js support.

While I have some more time for qutebrowser on my hands with the
research project, I also can't use the majority of that time for code
review, as there's a lot of other work to do (which hopefully will mean
there's an usable plugin API at some point).

Therefore, I'm asking people to please hold back contributions a bit
more: [2], [3], [4].

I'll try to still look at the currently open PRs, but I can't promise
anything there either. I know that sucks for people with PRs open for
months now, but now I can see the other side of the coin as well... The
more I think about it, the more it starts to feel like a burden rather
than a hobby.

I'll still take a quick look at pull requests, and merge anything that's
trivial enough, but I want to avoid spending longer blocks of time on
them for the moment. If you're unsure if that applies to whatever you
plan to contribute, please talk to me *before* starting to spend time on
it. If you want to contribute, please also consider doing so by
reviewing/testing pull requests rather than contributing new code.

I'm not sure yet how to handle this in the long run (as I'm working on
my Bachelor's Thesis next semester, where things might look similar).
In a bit less than a year, my studies are finished, and this should
hopefully clear up again.

If you know me, you know I care deeply about contributors (and users!),
so taking this step isn't easy. I think it's necessary in order to focus
on more important qutebrowser stuff for a while, though.

Things are probably going to stay like that for a while. As usual, I
don't give any firm ETAs for work I do in my free time, but I might be
able to set aside bigger blocks of time for PRs again at the end of
December, and early/mid February.

Florian

[1] https://lists.schokokeks.org/pipermail/qutebrowser-announce/2018-October/000052.html
[2] https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.asciidoc
[3] https://github.com/MunGell/awesome-for-beginners/pull/258
[4] https://github.com/up-for-grabs/up-for-grabs.net/pull/1030

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From me at the-compiler.org  Wed Oct 10 09:08:32 2018
From: me at the-compiler.org (Florian Bruhin)
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 09:08:32 +0200
Subject: [qutebrowser-announce] qutebrowser v1.5.1 released
Message-ID: <20181010070832.65xhulbwlqmj6uca@hooch.localdomain>

Hey,

I just released qutebrowser v1.5.1  with a couple of bugfixes, most of
them regressions introduced in v1.5.0:

## Fixed

- Flickering when opening/closing tabs (as soon as more than 10 are open) on
  some pages.
- PDF.js is now bundled again with the macOS/Windows release.
- PDF.js is now searched in the correct path (if not installed system-wide)
  instead of hardcoding `~/.local/share/qutebrowser`.
- Improved logging for PDF.js resources which fail to load.
- Crash when closing a tab after doing a search.
- Tabs appearing when hidden after e.g. closing tabs.

Florian

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From me at the-compiler.org  Fri Oct 26 10:37:56 2018
From: me at the-compiler.org (Florian Bruhin)
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 10:37:56 +0200
Subject: [qutebrowser-announce] qutebrowser v1.5.2 released
Message-ID: <20181026083756.6aeqsufdx6id33df@hooch.localdomain>

Hey!

I just did a quick qutebrowser v1.5.2 release with a single change:

The `content.cookies.accept` setting is now set to `all` instead of
`no-3rdparty` by default, as `no-3rdparty` breaks various pages such as
GMail.

Florian

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