Release cancelled - Version 77.0.0

[amaitland]

There will be no version 77 release.

• The WPF/OffScreen versions are largely unusable with no workaround (graphical rendering issues)
  • https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2733/viz-osr-might-be-causing-some-graphic
  • https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2483/osr-invalidate-does-not-generate-frame
  • See also WPF - blank display and resize glitches/tearing #2925
• There's a crash using MultiThreadedMessageLoop (the CefSharp default) when shutting down, there's no workaround anymore (no longer possible to disable the Network Service).
  • https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2703/crash-when-closing-if

With the release of Chromium version 78, CEF will deprecate the 3865 branch, so these bugs won't be fixed. There are already version 78 builds appearing on http://opensource.spotify.com/cefbuilds/index.html

[amaitland]

For anyone wishing to build their own set of packages

• The relevant cef.sdk/cef.redist packages have been uploaded to Nuget.org.
• I've forked https://github.com/cefsharp/CefSharp/tree/cefsharp/75 to create https://github.com/cefsharp/CefSharp/tree/cefsharp/77 with changes listed below

Changes

• Updated to CEF 77.1.18
• Updated CefSharp version numbers
• Removed IAudioHandler (Removed upstream) Remove IAudioHandler #2918

These are provided for those willing to build from source (and basically support themselves).

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[amaitland]

Links for reference

• Issue WPF - blank display and resize glitches/tearing #2925
• https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2703/crash-when-closing-if
• https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2715/onprotocolexecution-page-goes-blank-after
• https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2483/osr-invalidate-does-not-generate-frame
• https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2733/viz-osr-might-be-causing-some-graphic
• https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2547/drop-down-box-select-element-closes-after
• https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2745/osr-fling-scrolling-doesnt-work-in-without
• https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2734/movementx-always-0-in-osr
• https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2694/pdf_print_margin_custom-settings-are
• https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2772/null-pointer-exception-in

[johnzhuacl]

Just wonder if CEF 78 is planned since CVE-2019-13720 has forced major users to block any Chromium version lower than 77.

[amaitland]

A version 78 release would be just as unusable as a 77 release unfortunately.

You can build and support a version 77 set of packages yourself should you so choose, details are above.