[jbosstools-dev] XULRunner 1.9.2 XPCOM is different for each platform

[Maksim Areshkau]

On 6/19/10 1:13 AM, Denis Golovin wrote:
> I found that last changes in VPE just slay all VPE related tests 
> because of xulrunner plugin versions range is started from 1.9.2.0 but 
> there is no xulrunner feature for it.
> I decreased it to 1.9.1.0 and can confirm it healed tests at least 
> under gtk.linux.x86.
Hi,
     you can obtain XR1.9.2 from my workspace 
https://svn.jboss.org/repos/jbosstools/workspace/mareshkau/xulrunner-1.9.2 
to build xr1.9.2 feature.
>
> I don't think it is good to change vpe code ahead of providing 
> xulrunner plug-ins for all platforms supported by JBossTools/JBDS 
> without backward compatibility.
The API in XR1.9.2 has changed from 1.9.1*, for example it has initial 
html5 support. If we will use this features, we will lost backward 
compatibility in any case.
>
> I'm not sure it is going to work for mac, I'll check it as soon as I 
> get version built with uberbuilder.
>
> Denis
>
> On 06/17/2010 06:00 AM, Maksim Areshkau wrote:
>> On 6/17/10 2:55 PM, Andersen Max wrote:
>>> On Jun 17, 2010, at 13:36, Maksim Areshkau wrote:
>>>
>>>> .
>>>> Andersen Max wrote:
>>>>> what can I do to get my jboss tool checkout having a working VPE 
>>>>> right now ?
>>>> https://svn.jboss.org/repos/jbosstools/workspace/mareshkau/xulrunner-1.9.2 
>>>>
>>>>> do we have a bug open somewhere for the different APIs ? This must 
>>>>> surely be some big oversight?
>>>>>
>>>> I have commented this one, https://jira.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-6429
>>>> For now this problems resolved by using interfaces es common for 
>>>> all platforms.
>>> I mean - do we know about a bug/discussion on eclipse.org or mozilla ?
>> I haven't find in firefox bugzilla, so I have created one
>> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=572677
>>> /max
>>>
>>>>> /max
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jun 16, 2010, at 23:14, Maxim Areshkau wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>> see attachment.
>>>>>> We have extracted common interfaces for all platforms and placed 
>>>>>> as source files into org,mozilla.xpcom plugin 
>>>>>> https://svn.jboss.org/repos/jbosstools/workspace/mareshkau/xulrunner-1.9.2/org.mozilla.xpcom/ 
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So Now we have working VPE under Mac OS X, Linux and Windows. But 
>>>>>> Junit still crashes see this one 
>>>>>> https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=315588
>>>>>> Before this I have tried to use jars from linux sdk under mac and 
>>>>>> it caused a crash of 
>>>>>> eclipse(https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=316872). I 
>>>>>> think because have occurred some native calls which not supported 
>>>>>> for osx.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2010/6/16 Denis Golovin<dgolovin at exadel.com>
>>>>>> I've seen this in IRC log
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 12:49:55 AM) maxandersen: mareshkau: soon means when ? :)
>>>>>> (12:50:08 AM) mareshkau: I think by the end of this week
>>>>>> (12:50:32 AM) maxandersen: will we need to split out the jar 
>>>>>> plugin in os specific osgi bundles?
>>>>>> (12:54:02 AM) mareshkau: We have java sources from xpcom, so #1 
>>>>>> we will try to create our own xpcom.jar with common api jar-s for 
>>>>>> all platforms.
>>>>>> (12:54:02 AM) mareshkau: #2 if #1 will not work, than split out 
>>>>>> the jar plugin in os specific osgi bundles
>>>>>> (12:56:22 AM) maxandersen: why not just do the split ?
>>>>>> (12:59:02 AM) mareshkau: because api will be different and 
>>>>>> somebody possibly can use windows function and broke compilation
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Why wouldn't we just create fragments for xpcom plugin with 
>>>>>> platform related code and include it to xulrunner feature instead 
>>>>>> of trying to fix something in our code?
>>>>>> What is different in API?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Denis
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>> Maksim Areshkau
>>>>>> <api-difference.html>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>
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