Looks like this is the master bug: https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66687
Adam On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 2:18 PM, Eric Seidel <[email protected]> wrote: > Exciting times! > > Is there a Master bug that those of us interested in following along > at home can CC ourselves on? > > Looking forward to seeing a real Android port in WebKit! > > -eric > > On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Andrei Popescu <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello WebKit! >> >> We would like to give an update about WebKit on Android. A while ago, >> we started the effort to upstream the Android port of WebKit. For a >> variety of reasons, this work took longer than anticipated and was >> never finished. We realize that the incomplete Android port that >> exists today in WebKit ToT has caused quite a bit of confusion and >> inconvenience to the project as a whole and we are very sorry for >> that. >> >> Over time, the Android Browser has come to share more and more code >> with Chrome (both WebKit and Chromium). This approach has a number of >> advantages for the WebKit community: >> >> 1. Android WebKit no longer requires a separate build system because >> we are able to reuse Chromium’s gyp system for building. >> 2. Android no longer requires a separate set of WebCore clients, >> platform abstractions, and embedder APIs because Android shares much >> of this code with the Chromium port. >> 3. The Android layout tests results more closely match chromium-linux >> and more expected results can be shared. >> >> We plan to start by setting up a webkit.org build bot that will >> compile Chromium’s DRT for Android using the Android NDK, SDK and >> toolchain. We anticipate a reasonably small set of changes to the >> Chromium port to achieve this. We’re fully committed to maintaining >> this new flavor of the Chromium port of WebKit and having a build bot >> up and running as soon as possible will make this an easier task. At >> the same time, we will be removing the existing incomplete Android >> port. This includes the Android-specific code in >> WebCore/platform/android, as well as any code guarded by the >> PLATFORM(ANDROID) macro. >> >> We’re looking forward to a much better collaboration with the WebKit >> community and we’d be very grateful to receive any feedback on this >> plan. >> >> Thanks, >> Andrei, Steve, Ben >> _______________________________________________ >> webkit-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev >> > _______________________________________________ > webkit-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev > _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev
