It seems acceptable to me to require SQLite.  

-Sam

On Dec 3, 2011, at 10:47 AM, Ryosuke Niwa wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Recent removal of OFFLINE_WEB_APPLICATIONS flag in 
> http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/96123 made SQLite a new requirement to port 
> WebKit. However, there are many operating systems and platforms (mostly 
> embedding) into which SQLite hasn't been ported yet; e.g. 
> http://www.monaos.org/.
> 
> It seems undesirable to increase the number of dependencies since being able 
> to port easily is one of the strengths of WebKit. On the other hand, reducing 
> the number of flags will certainly reduce the build system complexity for 
> people who are already shipping with SQLite.
> 
> Do we want to require SQLite to port WebKit for the sake to reducing the 
> complexity for major ports?
> 
> Best,
> Ryosuke Niwa
> Software Engineer
> Google Inc.
> 
> P.S. I have https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=73749 to reintroduce 
> OFFLINE_WEB_APPLICATIONS.
> 
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