From owner-freebsd-gecko@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 5 21:27:52 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: gecko@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 67A1150C for ; Wed, 5 Feb 2014 21:27:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qa0-x236.google.com (mail-qa0-x236.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c00::236]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 15AE31BA3 for ; Wed, 5 Feb 2014 21:27:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qa0-f54.google.com with SMTP id i13so1486753qae.27 for ; Wed, 05 Feb 2014 13:27:51 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=m7TG1JQ4hi2Gy23GbPAlwsTP8o0cgM604Bb2CRdRbBc=; b=oTJlvpSnL4fjhFuJm6jlJ4ZOvhbQD/zj/XHdKSF3e6hGoI2AxG0V/9GLdAcfidEuFC N34sy3PWUbk2/oNJgfD0dmBPM2LVorUTqmub1+JHDqkECjkM+9RT86dWSTtSu4e7hYhs SVp0Yu1Di4KgNdwTkjVqX2uLKdUZhEuX52rCja9fDklwoA4pfAr+bxTbpUNCWeVZNVJ4 xtDANcxurXSqTt06SWQ4rx6DGaE1M8bFoLCilYOGYS480yhSod1D/yJAF7MsxO3S2O34 yit99z7bj/zFXjkAmtImj4hSJmYofSaUuyOZN7cQhkKosCF8zFYPOnXGKEUh55RQ2P4e OfXA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=m7TG1JQ4hi2Gy23GbPAlwsTP8o0cgM604Bb2CRdRbBc=; b=lSldw0VtrZ7TcWoN60n4O62Ry1KDxajDMm6RBxUPaSX/H4t2CZZNS6kyWl1tyUHpqo imx9wqYn0yvFMjRyjhdmH87/qhZOfyxSPd7oxZTEArmMLZNrhj1vrQZIUsQHMKlz+TwX Cj+azOfYrC6jXnihB5iONuqE6DszK3hO5EoP9hfn3nQ/y6Nma9ovApKWnm4HpVX2BEsT aCh5tjk6irVDBkkAt0Dl5UuFUFO778fSM+4LTHWB6xRjrStwAigH07jXZgiD5cdoup0p a26cza5b3okhOdUNFONOOy61T4kwosXls+kY+7jlhH42q03Q0l16X+u1kDGAhIDIX5Cu CIGw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkZle0jg2zaRU0pp/Je7fEA2Y+RvKe42NI0FpabZ1QhNFWG4vVJv5meg73gLWkbT5mAB30PuqxO7uI5PKAdJqBA/iBdnr3zdoOiRzTBSQ2HZT21j5iRl1ZVtgh7FmFkMMPt9SUaFVYeavnZ4i0xgmGpydWKFTYgVM5XJsLO3v7e4R9LaQxUAa8aaxFTGm5WkgByEvrZ MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.224.79.19 with SMTP id n19mr6412123qak.99.1391635667325; Wed, 05 Feb 2014 13:27:47 -0800 (PST) Sender: niklase@google.com Received: by 10.229.14.7 with HTTP; Wed, 5 Feb 2014 13:27:47 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 13:27:47 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: Ja0_kz4fe0lf04WxSoAgUBBnNjA Message-ID: Subject: Re: Making WebRTC available for FreeBSD From: Niklas Enbom To: Joe Nosay Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.17 Cc: ports , Jan Linden , Adrian Chadd , chromium@freebsd.org, gecko@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-gecko@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Gecko Rendering Engine issues List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2014 21:27:52 -0000 Hey guys, not sure what this refers to. The G+ post talks about porting the gtalk plugin to freeBSD. WebRTC is an effort in the opposite direction (no plugins needed). Afaik there is a Chromium build for freeBSD that should support WebRTC (unless it's disabled at build). Niklas On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 1:14 PM, Joe Nosay wrote: > https://plus.google.com/110946378055202199166/posts/8iTsSCatk4x > > The process has been started : > http://forums.freebsd.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=44691 > > Dependencies needed- referenced in "howto" and webrtc dependencies: > libbrlapi from brltty. > > > Benefits: Native client and sever side of WebRTC applications for FreeBSD > and possibly other BSDs. > Eliminated dependency for Linuixlator based applications thus cutting down > on hardware resource use. > Eliminated need for other simulated and emulated programs to run Skype or > other voice-and-video binaries. I.e. Wine, VirtualBox, qemu, et cetera, et > al. > > Since it is known that Sony's PS4 uses FreeBSD as the basis for its OS, > WebRTC could be implemented as a native application on the platform/console > thus allowing users to communicater in real time while gaming. > > > Why am I proposing this? > 1. Adrian Chadd asked on Google+ and nowhere else. I decided to bring his > proposal to the public and attempt an initial starting phase. > 2. Users would not be limited to having only a few selected operating > systems at their disposal. Developers could easily communicate with each > other. > 3. Real time sharing/viewing of conventions. This would give the community > another window into the development of FreeBSD. > 4. Companies such as IxSystems and Sony would be able to contact develoers > while simultaneously working on a FreeBSD/FreeBSD_based system. > 5. FreeBSD developers would be able to give feedback on the development of > WebRTC sources. > > > > Being that I am limited on resources, is it possible that others could > take over what was started? > > > > >