Dev patches WebKitGTK CVE to restore drag-and-drop, ships Copilot app as Flatpak
unixterminal · x · 2026-09-05
While building a Copilot app for Linux, the developer found that file drag and drop had been disabled in WebKitGTK due to a CVE. He wrote a patch set that restores the feature while addressing the CVE and filed it upstream. In the meantime, he packages the app with a Flatpak overlay containing a WebKit rebuild with his patches applied.
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