Bug#1116301: evolution: Evolution crash when clicking on some UI elements (like attachments) with libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 > 2.49.4

[Alberto Garcia]

On Sat, Oct 04, 2025 at 11:43:56AM +0200, Alberto Garcia wrote:
> > Berto, what are your plans for pushing webkit2gtk 2.50 to Debian 12
> > and 13? If you push this initial major update as a regular stable
> > update, then we can update evolution at the same time. However, the
> > next point releases are not scheduled until November 15. [1]
> 
> Hi, sorry, I could not reply to this earlier, I'm on vacation these
> days.

I'm back now.

So we would only need to apply this patch to prevent a regression in
Evolution before updating WebKitGTK, is that right?

https://salsa.debian.org/gnome-team/evolution/-/blob/debian/3.56.2-4/debian/patches/I-3124-JavaScript-Correct-dictionary-objects-creation-Web.patch

(I assume that a patched Evolution would work with old and new
versions of WebKitGTK, we should double check that)

It seems like a harmless change to me, but as I said none of the open
WebKitGTK CVEs seem so critical, so if you want to wait until the next
point release it's fine with me (there is of course the possibility
that new CVEs appear in the next few weeks).

Do security updates expect that users are running the most recent
point release?

Berto