On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 11:56 AM, Jared Wein <j...@mozilla.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 2:13 PM, Gregory Szorc <g...@mozilla.com> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 10:54 AM, Stefan Sitter <ssitter+n...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > On 10.08.2016 17:28, Gregory Szorc wrote:
>> >
>> >> I'll be marking that bug wontfix as soon as I get in front of a
>> >> computer with my BMO credentials. We plan to have no more releases of
>> >> MozillaBuild.
>> >>
>> >
>> > What will be the new way to get all build dependencies and tools for
>> > Windows platform when MozillaBuild is discontinued?
>>
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>
> "Yes" ??? I'm not sure you understood the question here? Stefan, and
> myself included, are curious what the new way to get all build deps after
> MozillaBuild is discontinued.
>
> Will the new procedure be to install Mercurial and Python, open the
> Windows console, then clone mozilla-central, then run `mach bootstrap` ?
> Asking users to install mercurial and python by themselves seems like a
> regression to me.
>

I hope you don't think we'd increase the complexity of getting a Windows
development environment configured :)

We'll offer a standalone file that can be executed to install the
development environment.
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