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Fix small typo: "WebKit" -> "WPE WebKit"
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Otherwise it might lead to confusion as that sentence is WPE specific.
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mariospr authored Oct 8, 2024
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Expand Up @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ A couple of weeks ago, the WPE WebKit team released version 2.46. This is an imp

We [announced][skia-wk-announce] some time ago that a new rendering backend with [Skia](https://skia.org) was on the works and that it would eventually replace Cairo. 2.46 the first release series where Skia is used, bringing important improvements in rendering and performance.

While Skia can use a GPU for rendering, our testing with common embedded SoCs has shown that the way WebKit works may result in slightly worse performance in some cases than letting Skia use the CPU. Hence, for the 2.46 releases the latter is the default, while development continues to improve GPU usage on low-powered devices with the ultimate goal of making accelerated rendering the default choice in all cases.
While Skia can use a GPU for rendering, our testing with common embedded SoCs has shown that the way WPE WebKit works may result in slightly worse performance in some cases than letting Skia use the CPU. Hence, for the 2.46 releases the latter is the default, while development continues to improve GPU usage on low-powered devices with the ultimate goal of making accelerated rendering the default choice in all cases.

The Cairo backend is still present and will be selected automatically at build time for big-endian architectures, where Skia is not yet supported. We plan to remove support for Cairo in the near future, and this approach allows us to ship the new renderer while solving the remaining issues. At any rate, the Cairo renderer is no longer receiving active development.

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