Thanks for the background, Zach.  This makes total sense.

lloyd

On Nov 8, 2013, at 12:43 AM, Zachary Carter <[email protected]> wrote:

> I touched on it briefly in my other reply, but, simply, the generated bundle 
> is bloated, ugly, and of questionable stability. The work required to get it 
> into a state that could potentially pass gaia review was deemed not worth it, 
> especially with the raw_password endpoints and parts of the client already 
> being written in gecko. We're in the process of rewriting gherkin for the web 
> first instead of node.js for similar reasons.
> 
> -z
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Lloyd Hilaiel" <[email protected]>
>> To: "Austin King" <[email protected]>
>> Cc: [email protected], [email protected], "Zachary Carter" 
>> <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 5, 2013 1:04:49 AM
>> Subject: Re: 10.21.13 Engineering Progress Report for Firefox Accounts and   
>> Sync.next
>> 
>> On Oct 24, 2013, at 8:00 PM, Austin King <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 10/24/13 8:17 AM, Zachary Carter wrote:
>>>> For FxAccounts on FxOS, we've determined that landing the browserified
>>>> FxAccounts client library in gaia is not really viable.
>>> Why isn't it viable? These kinds of details are helpful for evaluating
>>> Desktop strategies.
>> 
>> I too am curious to hear the backstory!
>> 
>> lloyd
>> 
>>> 
>>> thanks,
>>> ozten
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