148711 2015-09-02 09:40:10 -0700 [GTK] Support direct JS web extension loading 2017-03-11 10:55:12 -0800 1 1 1 Unclassified WebKit WebKitGTK WebKit Nightly Build Unspecified Unspecified NEW P2 Normal --- 1 aperez webkit-unassigned bugs-noreply lantw44 philip.chimento oldest_to_newest 1122830 0 aperez 2015-09-02 09:40:10 -0700 The rationale for this is the same as for bug #140745: we would like to support loading JavaScript web extensions, in such a way that they can the WebExtension API, and DOM bindings, via GObject Introspection. There is one issue here: GJS is what provides tha JavaScript bindings to the GNOME stack, and itself uses the Mozilla SpiderMonkey JS engine. WebKit already ships JSC, and having both JS engines running in the same process does not sound like a great idea. The alternative could be to use Seed [2] instead, which uses JSC, but it seems pretty much unmaintained (some GNU/Linux distributions are still shipping it, so it could be a workable solution, dunno). --- [1] https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Gjs [2] https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Seed