Jacob, This might be able to work, assuming we figure out if there are any dependencies for win32 Make.
Actually, I could probably even have Make curl, verify, and unpack the latest Tor, Firefox, etc. Still doesn't solve all the GUI settings issues, but I guess it is a general step in the right direction. Steve Jacob Appelbaum wrote: > Arrakis wrote: >> Greetings, >> >> We've rewritten xB Browser to version 2.0.0.9/10 and are about to >> introduce some new functionality to it. I thought this would be a lovely >> time to take a step back and acquiesce to some prior requests for a doc >> on how to build xB Browser from scratch. I've got some questions, and >> hopefully you've got some opinions and maybe requests of your own. >> >> 1. Given the somewhat complicated layout mechanisms in Mozilla, would >> you be willing to have instructions that say to the effect "Go to >> View|Toolbar|Customize and drag button xyz to the toolbar where desired" >> or do we demand to see a file-based placement? >> >> 2. Given the above, you will get users placing the toolbar items or >> buttons in slightly different order, or editing a file with an editor >> that may not have the same /$r/$n EOL functions, thus we will end up >> with different hashes/sizes from one user to the other, despite them >> being the same build. Is that acceptable? What is an acceptable >> alternative if not? >> > > I suggest you use an automated build system. Make[0] should do the job. > > Basically all modern software projects are built with some sort of build > system, it's probably a good idea to use something that everyone can > acquire and use for free. > > Regards, > Jacob > > [0] http://www.gnu.org/software/make/ >
