Nick and Benjamin just gave two different reasons -Brad
On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 2:16 PM, Benjamin Smedberg <benja...@smedbergs.us> wrote: > > > On 3/30/2016 1:06 PM, Brad Lassey wrote: > >> I'm setting up a new linux machine and just ran mach for the first time. >> The first thing I'm presented with is: >> >> Please choose the version of Firefox you want to build >> 1. Firefox for Desktop >> 2. Firefox for Android Artifact Mode >> 3. Firefox for Android >> >> We have a general problem with developers not building for Android and I >> think this isn't helping. It sets the mindset that your tree is either >> configured to build for Android or Desktop, when in fact you can build for >> either in the same tree. >> >> What are we trying to accomplish here? >> > > I believe that the goal is to get you started without huge wait times for > dependencies. Building for Android requires Java compilers and Android SDKs > and things. Building for desktop requires its own set of dev libraries and > such. > > Would it resolve your concern to have a "both" option, and/or explanation > that you can set them both up in the same source tree? > > --BDS > >
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