in article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mike Pinkerton at
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 5/23/01 4:00 PM:
> With the advent of OSX and Carbon, the number of options and
> combinations for mozilla are staggering. We'd like to get a feel for
> where our external embedding customers would like to see us focus our
> limited resources.
>
> The options are plentiful, but our questions boil down to these:
> - if your app runs on OSX, does the same build need to run on OS9 as well?
> - is being able to build with free tools important?
> - is integration with mach-o important?
> - is integration with PB/IB important?
> - do you think your answers to these questions might be radically
> different in a 8 months? a year?
>
> Here are the candidates:
>
> (1) MacOS9 only, not carbon, CFM.
>
> This is pretty much what we have today. Some people may not care about
> OSX at all. Requires the Metrowerks tools.
>
> (2) Separate builds: MacOSX only Carbon CFM, MacOS9 only not carbon CFM.
>
> This is similar to the tack we are taking with the mainline Navigator
> application: two separate builds, one for carbon and one not. The carbon
> build is only qualified on MacOSX, the other is only qualified on
> MacOS9. Requires the Metrowerks tools.
>
> (3) MacOS9 and OSX, Carbon CFM
>
> One build, one embedding strategy. If you want to embed us, your app
> needs to be Carbon and be built using the Metrowerks tools.
>
> (4) MacOSX only, Carbon Mach-o with CodeWarrior
>
> Something we have yet to explore, but now more possible with the
> improved mach-o linkers from Metrowerks. Your app would run on OSX only
> and be mach-o based. Obviously requires the Metrowerks tools.
>
> (5) MacOSX only, Carbon Mach-o with gcc/make
>
> Our makefile-based mach-o build of Fizzilla is slowly coming online. The
> ultimate goal is to be able to integrate an embedded mozilla into
> ProjectBuilder/InterfaceBuilder. All required tools ship with OSX (read:
> free).
>
> Confused yet? I sure as heck am.
Number 5. If you're going to go for a Mac OS X-only build, then you might
as well use the free tools. Also, Mach-O is a huge requirement for the
Q.BATi Project, of which I am a part.
