I am slowly implementing the changes necessary to build NetSurf using the same system as used for all the libraries and tools [1]. If any developers have feedback on this please ensure those get added to the wiki page, I am not making these changes arbitrarily and am happy to receive feedback, what has been done so far is uncontroversial and generally agreed.
Part of this activity involves updating the source code layout to be more maintainable. As I proceed with these changes it has become apparent that many frontends are pulling in headers for core interfaces they do not use. It would be immensely helpful if frontend maintainers could look at their *core* header usage (headers not under frontends directory) and remove any that are unnecessary. It is especially difficult when frontend headers include core headers because it is no longer clear which frontend module is actually using an interface, please can we avoid this pattern. Also I have noticed a tendency within frontends to assume they cannot change core functionality to fix a problem, we are not alone in this platform problem[2]. I just wanted to remind developers that just because the source code layout segregates the browser that they are at liberty to improve all interfaces. [1] http://wiki.netsurf-browser.org/NetSurf_Corebuild [2] https://lwn.net/Articles/443531/ -- Regards Vincent http://www.kyllikki.org/
