After https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35589 the GTK+ port is using a different code path than the other ports for DNS pre-fetching. It was done back then because there were plans to add some features to soup_session_prepare_for_uri() that would require a full URL instead of just the host name. That work in libsoup was tracked in bug https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=605065. After reviewing both patches and double checking with Dan, we agreed that it does not longer make any sense as adding more features to _prepare_for_uri() is really unlikely now. So it looks like going back to the previous state, and thus, using the same code paths than the other ports is desirable.
Created attachment 131670 [details] Patch
BTW another advantage of this "revert" is that it brings DNSSoup.cpp back to life. That would be the perfect place to host the DNS prefetching queue that will fix bug #80587 or bug #41630
Comment on attachment 131670 [details] Patch Attachment 131670 [details] did not pass efl-ews (efl): Output: http://queues.webkit.org/results/11953018
Committed r110669: <http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/110669>
(In reply to comment #3) > (From update of attachment 131670 [details]) > Attachment 131670 [details] did not pass efl-ews (efl): > Output: http://queues.webkit.org/results/11953018 I forgot to update EFL's PlatformEfl.cmake. Should be fixed in r110671