Re: [dev-servo] Proposal: remove mingw Servo builds in favor of msvc

2016-09-08 Thread Gervase Markham
On 08/09/16 16:08, Lars Bergstrom wrote: > That said, I know that there are a few benefits on the mingw side: (4) Build Servo on Windows using only free software? (Or is that not true?) Gerv ___ dev-servo mailing list dev-servo@lists.mozilla.org ht

Re: [dev-servo] Proposal: TLS library for Servo

2016-08-29 Thread Gervase Markham
On 26/08/16 15:11, Brian Anderson wrote: > There are many benefits to this approach. Advancing Rust crypto is > perennially a high-priority strategic nice-to-have in Rust, but so far we > have not been able to find the right motivation to put weight behind it. > Any time there is a glimmer of oppor

Re: [dev-servo] Student Project

2016-02-26 Thread Gervase Markham
On 25/02/16 18:43, Josh Matthews wrote: > Hi Radu! Sorry for the delay in proposing anything; unfortunately we've > been coming up with a lot of projects for students recently > * implementing revalidation of cached responses that may not be up to date > * evicting stale cache entries http

Re: [dev-servo] Meeting notes 8/17 (UA string updates; Android; profiling on ARM)

2015-08-18 Thread Gervase Markham
On 18/08/15 01:36, Lars Bergstrom wrote: > https://github.com/servo/servo/wiki/Meeting-2015-08-17 About the UA: if you find sites break because you are sending a UA and it sniffs you badly (e.g. sites using Enyo.js), I suggest _not_ trying to tweak the UA to make every site work. That way lies mad

Re: [dev-servo] HTTP referer disabled by default

2015-01-21 Thread Gervase Markham
On 20/01/15 19:33, Kyle Huey wrote: > Unfortunately removing the referrer header is generally not compatible with > the web. However, do see Brian Smith's recent proposal on this topic: https://briansmith.org/referrer-01.html Gerv ___ dev-servo mailing

Re: [dev-servo] Regarding Google Summer of Code 2015

2014-12-22 Thread Gervase Markham
On 21/12/14 17:42, Prasoon Shukla wrote: > I'm writing this to enquire whether servo would accept student > projects as a part of GSoC 2015 (which has already been announced) > and if so, how many (1 or 2? More?). I can answer part of your question: Mozilla intends to apply as an org for GSoC 2015

Re: [dev-servo] Meeting notes (Q3)

2014-07-08 Thread Gervase Markham
On 08/07/14 02:53, Jack Moffitt wrote: > this was about a much lower memory device. It's not clear it's even > possible, but the question was whether we could ever fit in 32MB. > There is significant interest internally and externally in low memory > deployment. How much, in volume, does 128MB of

Re: [dev-servo] What should be the UserAgent of Servo?

2013-09-03 Thread Gervase Markham
On 02/09/13 16:24, L. David Baron wrote: > Agreed. But that does really mean assessing options again later > (when we want authors to start caring about Servo). Someone can file a bug when that time comes, and we can have the joy of discussing it then :-) Gerv __

Re: [dev-servo] What should be the UserAgent of Servo?

2013-09-02 Thread Gervase Markham
On 01/09/13 16:41, Tom Schuster wrote: > I thought the Mozilla/5.0 and like Gecko part are required by the web? Turns out testing shows that Mozilla/5.0 is hardly required at all - removing it makes very little difference. Of course, you have to consider the PR angle of Mozilla shipping a browser

Re: [dev-servo] Is Servo ready for real-world apps?

2013-05-02 Thread Gervase Markham
On 02/05/13 00:53, Brian Anderson wrote: > No, it is not ready for any real-world purpose, though it is a good > project for learning Rust on. The most complicated page that Servo can > render currently is about:mozilla, and that incorrectly. Not to diss Servo, but I'd be surprised if you render i