I've been arguing a switch to Node.js for the build system for several months, so I would welcome a change. Not having a well-known JS runtime for the build system inhibits community contribution to that portion, and just makes normal investigation convoluted for those not familiar with it.
Node ftw. Eli Perelman On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 9:57 AM, Justin D'Arcangelo <[email protected] > wrote: > +1 for node here as well. Anything we can do to use tooling that is > familiar to the broader web developer community is a win. > > -Justin > > > On Nov 23, 2015, at 10:37 AM, Dale Harvey <[email protected]> wrote: > > +100 for using node and only xpcshell when required, when I have had to > work on build related issues, having to deal with the xpcshell node > polyfill was a nightmare. > > On 23 November 2015 at 16:27, Fred Lin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Recently we have plenty of discussion around moving to the Next >> Generation Architecture. So I guess its the right time to ask some bold >> questions. >> >> I'd like to rise a cliche topic about our corner stone, the build script, >> which still use xpcshell as our main build tool. Lots of work is consumed >> by polyfilling the xpcshell api to work like node. I feel we shot our shoes >> to not use node directly. It slow the pace when our frontend developers >> need to take care of api/compatibility issues for xpcshell, while outside >> web developer could just pick and use those tools without brain. As the >> result, it move us away from outside web developers. >> >> Here are my 3 Questions (for different audience): >> >> 1. is it bother you when you can't use node in the main build procedure? >> 2. Is there still any concern that stop us switch from xpcshell to node? >> Or just use xpcshell when needed and use node for general build operation? >> 3. is it a significant effort to switch from xpcshell to node? >> >> -- >> Fred >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dev-fxos mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-fxos >> >> > _______________________________________________ > dev-fxos mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-fxos > > > _______________________________________________ > dev-fxos mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-fxos > >
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