Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 00:27:38 -0400 (EDT) From: "Mikhail T." <mi@aldan.algebra.com> To: gnome@FreeBSD.org, amd64@FreeBSD.org Subject: 64-bit firefox Message-ID: <200508100427.j7A4RcKi088850@blue.virtual-estates.net>
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After a rather ungratifying exchange with some of the prominent Mozilla project members, here is my conclusion. The "old" firefox-1.x is not expected to run on amd64. Lucky you, if it does. The code for the branch was forked a long time ago (circa April 2004, AFAIK) and only "security fixes" get merged into it. Do not bother submitting patches -- you will be yelled at unceremoniously for wasting developers' time with patches against an obsolete version and accused of other misdemeanors. The upcoming version of the browser -- "Deer Park", a.k.a. 1.5 -- currently in alpha2, is supposed to come off the trunk of their cvs tree, which already contains a lot of bug-fixes, including 64bit-specific ones, but these will NOT be merged into the firefox-1.x branch. Those fixes aren't great -- "long", for example, is used in lieu of "intptr_t" (MSVC is not C99-compliant, so screw you), but they just happen to work for now. I think, we need to concentrate on porting this new Deer Park version (www/deerpark ?) in preferance of the current (www/firefox). Although alpha, it, apparently, has a better chance of working right on our "unusual" set of platforms. The 1.5 release is expected in September. Those wanting a stabler browser right now ought to use linux-firefox, opera, or konqueror. Comments? -mi P.S. I have a seemingly working firefox right now on FreeBSD/amd64. I even have some extensions loaded. But installing the Forecastfox extension hoses it reliably, which does not happen with the 32-bit versions (neither linux-firefox on amd64, nor native on i386).
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