Hi folks, On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 5:08 PM, Nicholas Alexander <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi folks, > > I just landed Bug 1207890 [1] and Bug 1216817 [2]. Together, they > implement Firefox "artifact builds" for Mac OS X Desktop. Artifact builds > download pre-built binary artifacts (like libxul) rather than compiling > them locally, trading download bandwidth for developer machine time. If > you work on the Firefox Desktop front-end on Mac OS X -- meaning you're > modifying JavaScript, XHTML, and CSS, and you're building on Mac OS X -- > this new build mode is meant for you. Locally, I produce a working Mac OS > X Firefox in about a minute. > > I've written a quick start guide at > http://www.ncalexander.net/blog/2015/12/31/firefox-artifact-builds-for-mac/ > and will be updating documentation in the next few weeks. > > I thoroughly expect issues in the wild. Please file tickets depending on > Bug 1207890 [1] and CC me. Discussion is best on dev-builds. > Thanks to the fine work of Chris Manchester, we should now have artifact builds on Desktop that install the test harness executables (like xpcshell and certutil) needed to run xpcshell and mochitests locally [1]. In addition, thanks to Dave Townsend for filing a ticket to track installing the test plugins as well -- they should be in place now too [2]. Please test and file fallout and follow-ups against [1]. Yours, Nick [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1238320 [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1240239
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