Re: Intent to remove client.mk

2017-10-27 Thread Nicholas Nethercote
This is excellent news. Relatedly, I want to particularly say that I think moz.build files are great. The syntax and semantics are very clear. They're easy to modify. They handle both simple cases and complex cases well. They pretty much never get in the way, which is exactly what a developer want

Re: Intent to remove client.mk

2017-10-27 Thread Kris Maglione
On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 04:16:01PM -0700, Gregory Szorc wrote: client.mk has existed since 1998 ( https://hg.mozilla.org/experimental/mozilla-central-cvs/rev/0a5e1fa423bd). Before `mach`, client.mk was the recommended way to build Firefox and perform other build tasks. client.mk has rarely change

Intent to remove client.mk

2017-10-27 Thread Gregory Szorc
client.mk has existed since 1998 ( https://hg.mozilla.org/experimental/mozilla-central-cvs/rev/0a5e1fa423bd). Before `mach`, client.mk was the recommended way to build Firefox and perform other build tasks. client.mk has rarely changed in recent years because the build system maintainers have been