I sadly agree. While I still think there is value in XULRunner existing as a standalone runtime I don't think it is worth taking any time away from other work and it would be better to stand up and declare it dead instead of pretending like it is going to be around long-term.
On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 8:59 PM, Mark Finkle <mfin...@mozilla.com> wrote: > Your proposal sounds somewhat similar to the way the webapprt is being > delivered too. I think that's a good thing. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > I propose that we just stop pretending, and terminate xulrunner, > > considering the following: > > - Xulrunner is lagging behind Firefox: DLL block list, startup telemetry, > > etc. > > - Since bug 755724, running firefox -app application.ini is 99% the same > > as running xulrunner application.ini, except for a few details that > > should be considered bugs. Before that bug, it was quite different, > > as browser-specific files were available to the xul application. > > - There is no reason we can't generate the sdk from firefox instead of > > xulrunner. Moreover that would make firefox-specific interfaces > > available in the sdk that aren't currently (which may or may not be a > > good thing, arguably) > > - We could include the xulrunner and xulrunner-stub executables as part > > of firefox. xulrunner-stub is small and self-contained, and xulrunner > > could be replaced by something that calls firefox -app. Or we could > > make the firefox executable check under what name it's called and act > > accordingly. > > > Thoughts? > > > Mike > > _______________________________________________ > > dev-platform mailing list > > dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org > > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform > _______________________________________________ > dev-platform mailing list > dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform > _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
