Re: Build on IllumOS, where can I find the version of external dependencies

2021-02-25 Thread Nick Alexander
Hello Carsten, On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 2:05 AM Carsten Grzemba wrote: > I like to build the current Firefox on Openindiana (illumos), for that > I'am interessted in the necessary libraries and their versions, like rustc, > libicu, libgtk3, etc > Where can I found this versions in the mach build

Re: sccache issues on Windows MSVC

2020-10-15 Thread Nick Alexander
On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 11:05 AM Zachary Turner wrote: > Hi there, > > Not sure if this is the right place to ask this question. I'm trying out > sccache on a non-Mozilla project and am running into 2 big issues on > Windows. > This isn't a good place to discuss this question. I think the

Re: Regarding HttpBaseChannel::Init

2020-08-28 Thread Nick Alexander
Hi Alex, On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 11:45 AM Shuo Xiang wrote: > Dear mozilla.dev.builds: > > Recently I have been doing some experimentation with a private build of > Firefox running on my Ubuntu 19.10. However I seem to have hit a bit of a > stumbling block while I am trying to hack the Init

Re: Intent to ship: Web Speech API - Speech Recognition with Pocketsphinx

2014-10-30 Thread Nick Alexander
On 2014-10-30, 4:18 PM, Andre Natal wrote: I've been researching speech recognition in Firefox for two years. First SpeechRTC, then emscripten, and now Web Speech API with CMU pocketsphinx [1] embedded in Gecko C++ layer, project that I had the luck to develop for Google Summer of Code with the

Re: Intent to implement: Disabling auto-play videos on mobile networks/devices?

2014-08-21 Thread Nick Alexander
Hi Wes, On 2014-08-21, 10:29 AM, Wesley Johnston wrote: Summary: We've had some complaints at times about videos autoplaying on mobile devices when sites request autoplay. We should be more mindful of users and try to avoid using data if they don't want it. Sites should be doing this for us,

Re: Reordering opened windows

2014-07-07 Thread Nick Alexander
On 2014-07-04, 7:38 AM, David Rajchenbach-Teller wrote: Hi, We are considering redesigning slightly how windows are reopened by Session Restore, to ensure that most recently used windows are loaded first. I believe that, in many cases, this would enable users to start browsing faster.

Re: Intent to implement: DOMMatrix

2014-06-08 Thread Nick Alexander
On 2014-06-07, 9:38 PM, Benoit Jacob wrote: 2014-06-07 12:49 GMT-04:00 L. David Baron dba...@dbaron.org mailto:dba...@dbaron.org: On Monday 2014-06-02 20:45 -0700, Rik Cabanier wrote: - change isIdentity() so it's a flag. I'm a little worried about this one at first glance.

Re: Intent to implement: DOMMatrix

2014-06-08 Thread Nick Alexander
On 2014-06-08, 2:44 AM, Neil wrote: Benoit Jacob wrote: Strawman class diagram: Transformation / | \ / | \ /|\ / | \ Identity MatrixOther transform types e.g. Translation In such a world,

Re: Intent to implement: DOMMatrix

2014-06-02 Thread Nick Alexander
On 2014-06-02, 4:59 AM, Robert O'Callahan wrote: On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 3:19 PM, Rik Cabanier caban...@gmail.com wrote: isIdentity() indeed suffers from rounding errors but since it's useful, I'm hesitant to remove it. In our rendering libraries at Adobe, we check if a matrix is *almost*

Re: Oculus VR support somehwat-non-free code in the tree

2014-04-14 Thread Nick Alexander
On 2014-04-14, 9:47 PM, Andreas Gal wrote: Vlad asked a specific question in the first email. Are we comfortable using another open (albeit not open enough for MPL) license on trunk while we rewrite the library? Can we compromise on trunk in order to innovate faster and only ship to GA once

Re: Oculus VR support somehwat-non-free code in the tree

2014-04-14 Thread Nick Alexander
1. Check in the LibOVR sources as-is, in other-licenses/oculus. Add a configure flag, maybe --disable-non-free, that disables building it. Build and ship it as normal in our builds. Should be opt-in, not opt-out. +1 Nick ___ dev-platform mailing

Re: Tabs and spaces

2014-03-02 Thread Nick Alexander
On 2014-03-02, 9:12 AM, Ted Mielczarek wrote: On 3/2/2014 5:25 AM, Neil wrote: I've noticed seven moz.build files containing tabs, I assume this is undesirable? Yes. We should probably make the moz.build reader error on tabs. +1, and filed Bug 978582 [1]. Nick [1]

Re: Including Adobe CMaps

2014-02-27 Thread Nick Alexander
On 2/27/2014, 12:30 AM, Axel Hecht wrote: The feature of zip we want is the index, that let's us seek to a position in the bundle and start unpacking, just given the filename. How hard is to actually create a datastructure for the same purpose for a tar.xz or so? I don't know really anything

Re: Including Adobe CMaps

2014-02-26 Thread Nick Alexander
On 2/26/2014, 11:56 AM, Andreas Gal wrote: This randomly reminds me that it might be time to review zip as our compression format for omni.ja. ls -l omni.ja 7862939 ls -l omni.tar.xz (tar and then xz -z) 4814416 LZMA2 is available as a public domain implementation. It uses a bit more

Re: Individual files should have a reviewer reference

2014-02-13 Thread Nick Alexander
On 2/13/2014, 1:23 PM, Honza Bambas wrote: An optional /* @reviewer: m...@foo.com */ comment under the license would do. If not present, find reviewer the usual way (not always hitting the right person). -1 from me on anything that even *looks* like a file owner in the file itself. This is

Re: JavaScript Style Guide. Emacs mode line.

2014-01-08 Thread Nick Alexander
BTW, do java or javascript programmers use Eclipse with its built-in editor with suitable editor configuration, and that is the end of the story for such Eclipse users when they tinker with Mozilla source code? Android Background Services are developed in a separate git repo that we then

Re: Poll: What do you need in MXR/DXR?

2013-10-02 Thread Nick Alexander
On 13-10-02 2:09 PM, Gijs Kruitbosch wrote: On 02/10/13 21:33 , Erik Rose wrote: What features do you most use in MXR and DXR? Over in the recently renamed Web Engineering group, we're working hard to retire MXR. It hasn't been maintained for a long time, and there's a lot of duplication

[ann] |mach python| command for running the Python in the object directory's virtual environment

2013-07-02 Thread Nick Alexander
Hello all, Bug 818744 just landed a new |mach python| command that runs the Python in the object directory's virtual environment. Command line arguments are passed along as is, so |mach python --version| prints the version, and input and output are passed through, so |mach python| starts the

Re: Proposal to make Firefox open in the foreground on Mac when launched from terminal

2013-05-29 Thread Nick Alexander
So I'd like to ask, if you care about this, which way would _you_ have as the default? I want |mach run| to start the application in the foreground. Nick ___ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org

Re: Persistently storing build system state

2013-05-16 Thread Nick Alexander
On 13-05-16 12:53 PM, Gregory Szorc wrote: As I wrote at [1] there are some scenarios where the build system and related tools would like to store persistent state. Some uses for this include: * Automatically recording previous build logs, compiler warnings, and test results. * Holding build

Re: smartmake-like functionality has landed in mach

2013-05-06 Thread Nick Alexander
On 13-05-06 9:03 PM, Josh Matthews wrote: On 05/05/2013 09:07 PM, Felipe Gomes wrote: Is the idea of smartmake to make things also work for non-toplevel folders? For example, if I edit .cpp only in content/base/src, it should be enough to rebuild that and toolkit/library. However, `mach build

Re: smartmake-like functionality has landed in mach

2013-05-03 Thread Nick Alexander
On 13-05-03 12:13 PM, Neil wrote: Ehsan Akhgari wrote: On 2013-05-02 7:23 PM, Dave Townsend wrote: On 5/2/2013 3:45 PM, Nick Alexander wrote: On 13-05-02 3:09 PM, Josh Matthews wrote: According to http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/build/dumbmake-dependencies#8

smartmake-like functionality has landed in mach

2013-05-02 Thread Nick Alexander
functionality and provided valuable guidance on how to integrate some of these ideas into mach. Yours, Nick Alexander [1] http://hg.mozilla.org/users/josh_joshmatthews.net/smartmake [2] smartmake can also maintain timestamps and deduce what directories need to be built, but this isn't implemented

Re: smartmake-like functionality has landed in mach

2013-05-02 Thread Nick Alexander
On 13-05-02 3:09 PM, Josh Matthews wrote: According to http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/build/dumbmake-dependencies#8, it is equivalent to the following: ./mach build -X chrome xpcom toolkit/library That's correct. Or, if you're not a mach user, it translates to make -f