Posted a patch on https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=168745 to add instructions to build GTK+ port. - R. Niwa
On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 2:26 PM, Ryosuke Niwa <rn...@webkit.org> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 6:55 AM, Michael Catanzaro > <mcatanz...@igalia.com> wrote: >> On Tue, 2017-02-21 at 22:53 -0800, Ryosuke Niwa wrote: >>> I feel like GTK+ port's instruction can be consolidated enough to fit >>> there but we might want to write some script that someone can run to >>> do everything you need like Tools/Scripts/configure-xcode-for-ios- >>> development for iOS first. >> >> Currently there are just two scripts (install-dependencies and update- >> webkitgtk-libs), and they are sufficiently-different that they should >> not be consolidated. > > Oh, I didn't realize you just had to run two scripts. We should just > add GTK+ instruction then. > >> That said, a pointer from the README to somewhere else is fine for us. >> Certainly that's the way to go if the goal is to reduce the size of the >> README. I would go as far to remove the Mac/iOS build and run >> instructions and just point to the website for all ports. The more >> content we duplicate in the README, the more content we have that will >> get out of sync with the website. > > Well, the point of adding ReadMe.md was to consolidate information > needed to start hacking on WebKit without having to read dozens of web > pages. > > However, in general, it's a good idea to make it as brief as possible > so that it won't result in TL; DR. > > - R. Niwa _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev