On 8/7/13, 1:00 PM, d...@dmik.org wrote:
пятница, 2 августа 2013 г., 3:13:23 UTC+4 пользователь Gregory Szorc написал:
Are there any objections to this proposal?
Hello everybody, I'm the person who's being actively working now on getting
Mozilla build on OS/2 again with all the new IPC stuff in.
As Peter said, at the present time we have no plans to push our patches but
that's only because from my experience this process is very complex and we have
very limited resources for working on that task (no surprise). So our idea is
to get it all working again first, then create a smaller number of bigger (and
logically consistent) patches and try to push them upstream — while still
continuing development in our own repo so that we don't depend on how fast the
patches are accepted etc. If anybody has a better idea, we are ready to
consider it.
What about switching the build system, it's not our primary task of course but
it will be done sooner or later — this is all to have a more robust build
environment and thus save some resources here too. An ideal solution for us in
the future would be to put the build files of the new build system
(Makefile.kmk, generally one per each subdir) upstream but I'm not sure if it
will ever be accepted — this is another reason why we decided to stick to our
own repo for the time being. In either case, removing OS/2 support from the
existing makefiles - may be done (but better after we completely move away to
kBuild).
Regarding the main subject. There are many OS/2 parts that are still valid
(e.g. the NSPR code) so if you will drop them we will have to reapply them back
in our repo. And if we push it back later you will have to reapply them again.
This doesn't make sense to me — if you are going to accept our patches at some
later stage. If you are certainly not, then you may go on with that.
I'm also ready to listen to any other ideas on how we can collaborate in this
case.
I just realized I never replied to this thread!
Given:
a) the in-tree OS/2 port hasn't worked in over 2 years
b) the OS/2 port is using a "shadow" build system, independent of the
official one
c) there appears to be little desire to use the official build system
for an OS/2 port at this time
It's my determination that OS/2 has little use in the Firefox *build
system*. (The OS/2 port may wish for some references to remain in C++.)
Bug 969757 currently has a patch to remove most remnants of OS/2 from
the *entire* tree. If you have any interest in preserving references to
OS/2 in the tree, now would be the time to speak up.
Gregory
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