Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2019 04:56:24 +0100 From: Jan Beich <jbeich@FreeBSD.org> To: phryk <phryk@wzff.de> Cc: gecko@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: skia in freebsd Message-ID: <fth7-agev-wny@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20191225204431.5768950b@outpost.warpzone> (phryk@wzff.de's message of "Wed, 25 Dec 2019 20:44:31 %2B0100") References: <20191225204431.5768950b@outpost.warpzone>
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phryk <phryk@wzff.de> writes: > Hey there, I know that the freebsd port of firefox *somehow* builds > the skia graphics engine for freebsd, but even having firefox installed > I seemingly don't have any skia-specific files, so I think another port > that'd need skia could not "just" depend on firefox as dependency when > needing skia. FreeBSD is supported since https://github.com/google/skia/commit/3138d36f9843 Firefox builds a subset of Skia after converting GN to Mozilla build system, see https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/gfx/skia/generate_mozbuild.py Standalone build is not supported because - Upstream discourages packaging due to lack of releases - Consumers may modify Skia code, making a system package useless - Google rejected Chromium patches, so Skia may be similar, see https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msg/chromium-dev/b57hDs8yE4g/5tXefZ74AQAJ - Upstreaming requires signing CLA which requires Google Account which is impossible to sign up via Tor > Since skia from git just complains about "unknown system" when trying > to build it, I thought I'd write and ask if whoever is behind this mail > address could maybe possibly move their magic to make skia work into a > separate skia port for freebsd so other applications depending on it > can be more easily added to the ports collection. I'm not interested. Maybe try chromium@ or ports@. > In particular I'm interested in figuring out whether I can make the > cool and new SVG-based 2D animation software enve[1] run on > freebsd since I've been waiting for software like this for over a > decade now. :P Try looking at CI config or how Linux distributions package. For one, network usage during build (forbidden by poudriere for reproducibility) may give you more trouble.
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