It appears that the formatting of that email was pretty well destroyed when
sent out. Here's a direct link to the release notes in Google Doc form:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NDz7ROxTYNB5YnP7VJ5CmJomQDun-7o4HDtSRLkuPaw/edit

-Ryan

On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 6:02 PM, Ryan VanderMeulen <
rvandermeu...@mozilla.com> wrote:

> I am pleased to announce the final release of MozillaBuild 3.0! Sorry in
> advance for the length of this message, but there's a lot of changes in
> this release worth calling out.
>
> https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/libraries/win32/
> MozillaBuildSetup-Latest.exe
> <http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/libraries/win32/MozillaBuildSetup-Latest.exe>
>
> Important changes since version 2.2.0:
>
>    -
>
>    MozillaBuild now requires Windows 7+ 64-bit to install.
>    -
>
>    Removed the start-shell-msvc*.bat files. See below for more
>    information on this change.
>    -
>
>    Updated Python to version 2.7.13 and switched to the 64-bit version.
>    -
>
>    Added Python 3.6.2.
>    -
>
>    Added nodejs 8.1.4 & npm 5.3.0.
>    -
>
>       ESLint is now a first-class citizen on Windows! Things should Just
>       Work when using the |./mach eslint| command.
>       -
>
>    Other updates to various included components.
>    -
>
>       Mercurial updated to version 4.2.2.
>       -
>
>       NSIS updated to version 3.01 (and older versions removed).
>       -
>
>       Some MSYS components were updated.
>       -
>
>    Behind the scenes, MozillaBuild packaging was completely overhauled so
>    that anyone can now generate an installer package simply by running the
>    packageit.py script from the source checkout. This should in turn make it
>    much easier for new contributors to test their work.
>
>
> Full changelog:
>
> https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-build/pushloghtml?
> fromchange=MOZILLABUILD_2_2_0_RELEASE&tochange=MOZILLABUILD_3_0_0_RELEASE
> <http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-build/pushloghtml?fromchange=MOZILLABUILD_2_2_0_RELEASE&tochange=MOZILLABUILD_3_0_0_RELEASE>
>
> It is strongly advised that you not install this over a previous
> installation!
>
> Upgrade instructions:
>
>    1.
>
>    Pull down and update to a modern revision of any trunk repo
>    (mozilla-central, inbound, or autoland).
>    2.
>
>    Run |./mach mercurial-setup --update-only| to ensure the
>    version-control-tools repository is current. Extension bustage after
>    upgrade is likely if you don’t do this.
>    3.
>
>    Run |./mach clobber| to remove the object directory of any trees you
>    have. Build errors are pretty much guaranteed to occur otherwise.
>    4.
>
>    Assuming you’ve previously installed Rust via |./mach bootstrap|,
>    backup msys/etc/profile.d/profile-rustup.sh from your current
>    MozillaBuild installation.
>    5.
>
>    Remove your current installation. If you can't remove the existing
>    installation, you probably have a terminal open or ssh-agent running.
>    Terminate it and try again.
>    6.
>
>    Install MozillaBuild 3.0.
>    7.
>
>    Copy profile-rustup.sh to your new msys/etc/profile.d directory. You
>    can also just re-run |./mach bootstrap| if you don’t want to deal with
>    copying files around.
>    8.
>
>    If you previously enabled minTTY, you will need to do so again by
>    setting USE_MINTTY=1 at the top of start-shell.bat.
>
>
> Please file any problems you come across in mozilla.org::MozillaBuild.
>
> Where did start-shell-msvc*.bat go?
>
> Since the release of MozillaBuild 2.2.0, much has changed with how we
> build Firefox and in how Microsoft distributes their compiler and SDK
> toolchains. In order to make things more flexible for both our build
> automation as well as people building locally, MSVC and Platform SDK
> detection was moved into the build system where it’s now detected when
> configure runs. Both MSVC 2015 and 2017 detection is supported, as well as
> Windows SDK 8.1+.
>
> If you have both MSVC 2015 and 2017 installed, 2017 will be chosen by
> default. This can be overridden by adding the following line to your
> mozconfig
> <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Developer_guide/Build_Instructions/Configuring_Build_Options>
> :
>
> ac_add_options --with-visual-studio-version=2015
>
> Windows builds currently default to 32-bit. This can cause problems with a
> mismatched Rust toolchain because it’ll try to use the 64-bit one by
> default and then error out. To create a 64-bit build instead, add the
> following two lines to your mozconfig:
>
> ac_add_options --host=x86_64-pc-mingw32
>
> ac_add_options --target=x86_64-pc-mingw32
>
> Otherwise, you’ll need to manually install the i686 toolchain by running
> the |rustup install stable-i686-pc-windows-msvc| command.
>
> If you run into any problems with MSVC or Windows SDK detection, please
> file a bug in Core::Build Config.
>
> Thanks for reading and enjoy!
>
> -Ryan
>
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