> > > What would be involved in automating the plugin build process? Are we > talking Maven + Ant + shell scripting? > > Although they were usually minor, there are definitely changes in each release.
I am trying to create scripts here and there but in reality, it is very hard automatic upstream API changes. > And actually, this was more or less the answer I wanted to hear. The > post was a "why" much more than a "would you please fix". > > FWIW, I finally found > > ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/ > > Here you can get every Firefox release, not just the "supported" > ones. One of the big frustrations of all this was the inability to > actually get my hands on the latest supported version, once the next > unsupported version came out (esp. since it seemed that every time a > new GWT Plugin came out, there'd be a new, unsupported version of > Firefox out before I could get my hands on the now supported > version). Having that link takes this all from a major irritation to > a minor one. > > Greg > > On Oct 3, 1:51 pm, Chris Conroy <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've mentioned this in other threads, but I'll repeat here: Under the new > > rapid-release model, Mozilla is intentionally breaking binary > compatibility > > with xpcom components on every release. We are forced to rebuild for > every > > platform with every release. > > > > Our existing processes for maintaining the plugin come from a time long > > before this model. Due to the number of platforms that we support, > manually > > building a new release of the plugin takes a decent amount of time. > Mozilla > > has said that the binary API can change up until the official release, so > > that rules out attempting to start on this work early. Moreover, future > > updates will almost certainly have real breaking changes that could > require > > significant time to address. > > > > In the meantime, I would suggest running against whatever version of > Firefox > > is supported. If some version specific issue comes up that you must debug > > before we can get a release out, then you may just have to build the > plugin > > yourself. But, these 'major' releases are really quite minor. In > > all likelihood, any issue you want to debug in DevMode will surface in > the > > same way in FF6 as in FF7. > > > > I know this isn't the answer you (or many people) want to hear, but > that's > > the reality today. > > > > P.S. > > I would advise people on this list to be cautious about downloading > plugin > > binaries from other people. It's much safer to build your own from source > or > > wait for an official release. > > > > On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 10:19 AM, Gregory Dougherty <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > For those of us who debug our GWT apps in Firefox, and would kind of > > > like to keep up to date on Firefox releases, could someone from Google > > > give a quick rundown on why it is that each of the last three (four ?) > > > Firefox releases has broken the Dev Plugin, apparently each in new > > > ways? Are the people working of Firefox just doing stupid things? > > > Does the GWT Developer Plugin just assume that it must be incompatible > > > with any X+1.0 release? > > > > > Why is it that the Developer Plugin for Firefox only seems to get > > > "cleared" for the current version of Firefox less than a week before > > > the next ("hyper critical, be sure to replace your previous version") > > > version comes out? > > > > > TIA, > > > > > Greg > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "Google Web Toolkit" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]. > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Web Toolkit" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en.
