Bug#989198: unblock: webkit2gtk/2.32.1-1

[Alberto Garcia <berto@igalia.com>]

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On Fri, May 28, 2021 at 10:44:27PM +0200, Sebastian Ramacher wrote:
>  libwebkit2gtk-4.0.so.37 libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 #MINVER#
>  * Build-Depends-Package: libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev
>   (c++)"WebKit::NetworkProcessMain(int, char**)@Base" 2.27.90
> - (c++)"WebKit::PluginProcessMain(int, char**)@Base" 2.27.90
>   (c++)"WebKit::WebProcessMain(int, char**)@Base" 2.27.90
>   (c++)"WebKit::WebKitExtensionManager::initialize(WebKit::InjectedBundle*, API::Object*)@Base" 2.17.5
>   (c++)"WebKit::WebKitExtensionManager::singleton()@Base" 2.17.5
> 
> Is that an internal symbol or why is it safe to remove it without a
> SONAME bump?

This is actually not part of the library API.

The plugin process is (was) a separate binary used to load NPAPI
plugins, but those are no longer supported by any major browser:

https://salsa.debian.org/webkit-team/webkit/-/commit/73f555da9678842191a904b41ca17d7aee84a8e4

The last important user was Adobe Flash, which reached eol in December
2020.

Berto