No matter how we wrap around a Linux browser it stays a major out-of-tree patch 
set but if we implement the dependencies ourselves it would be only minimal 
patching if any.

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> On Dec 7, 2015, at 10:41, Luis Garcia Alanis <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> But what is more expensive, write all the code to wrap chrome in gnustep or 
> writing the missing dependencies? not to mention the team that made the OS X 
> version will maintain the app.
> 
>> On Sun, Dec 6, 2015 at 5:42 PM, James Carthew <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Porting an OSX web browser has been considered in the past. It has not been 
>> completed because things such as text tables are not yet implemented within 
>> GNUstep.
>> 
>>> On 7 December 2015 at 12:05, ChanMaxthon <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Crazy idea for this: port the OS X version of Chromium or Firefox over? 
>>> That should already been modified to use Cocoa and we just need to provide 
>>> all its dependencies. The same applies for Apple's version of WebKit on 
>>> which a clone of Safari can be built.
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>> On Dec 7, 2015, at 08:53, Svetlana A. Tkachenko <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> >> Now as a desktop user who would like to run GUNstep full time, I have to 
>>> >> ask, has anyone actually started making chromium embedded embed into a 
>>> >> gnustep window?
>>> >> I used Mantella in the past and I was happy with it. Mantella was this 
>>> >> exact idea with firefox. Unfortunately the interface to firefox they 
>>> >> used was deprecated.
>>> >
>>> > About "embedding" Chromium or Firefox - I do not mind embedding the
>>> > stuff rendered by the engine (WebKit/Gecko), but I would not, as a
>>> > matter of personal preference, recommend to port over the Chromium's or
>>> > Firefox's interface. For UX consistency I would prefer the interface to
>>> > be in GNUStep things. I hope we are getting there one way or another. :)
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Svetlana A. Tkachenko
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