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Revision as of 15:49, 5 April 2012
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== Deliverables == | == Deliverables == | ||
* DVD launcher and installer for Windows 32/64 bits | * DVD launcher and installer for Windows 32/64 bits | ||
* Kiwix for Windows 32/64 bits | * Kiwix for Windows 32/64 bits | ||
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* Kiwix dmg for OSX 32/64 bits | * Kiwix dmg for OSX 32/64 bits | ||
* Kiwix static (portable ZIP files) for Windows, MacOSX and GNU/Linux 32/64 bits | * Kiwix static (portable ZIP files) for Windows, MacOSX and GNU/Linux 32/64 bits | ||
* Debian unstable package for 32 et 64 bits in the official Debian repository< | * Debian unstable package for 32 et 64 bits in the official Debian repository | ||
== Dates & Duration == | |||
* <s>Start Date: October 3rd</s> | |||
* Estimated Delivery Date: <s>October 28th.</s> week 17 of 2012 | |||
== Tasks == | == Tasks == | ||
=== Windows Setup === | |||
< | * Document windows VM setup. | ||
=== DVD launcher and installer for Windows 32/64 bits === | |||
# Windows Setup (64b) | |||
# compilation | |||
# Makefile | |||
=== Kiwix for Windows 32/64 bits === | |||
# Windows Setup (64b) | |||
# <s>Kiwix win32</s> | |||
# Kiwix win64 | |||
=== Kiwix static for GNU/Linux 32/64 bits === | |||
# <s>Kiwix static linux32</s> | |||
# Kiwix static linux64 | |||
# Makefile (cross compile?) | |||
=== Kiwix dmg for OSX 32/64 bits === | |||
# <s>Kiwix dmg OSX 32</s> | |||
# Kiwix XR 2.0+ | |||
# Kiwix dmg OSX 64 | |||
=== Kiwix static (portable ZIP files) for Windows, MacOSX and GNU/Linux 32/64 bits === | |||
# Makefile from binary dist. | |||
=== Debian unstable package for 32 et 64 bits in the official Debian repository === | |||
# Fix deb | |||
# add man pages | |||
# follow-up upload with vasudev | |||
# makefile kiwix-serve deb | |||
== Porting to Gecko2.0+ == | |||
Current code is tied to Gecko 1.x API/ABI. As Gecko 1.9 is now getting pushed out of distributions, it is important for the sake of future maintenance that we update to Gecko2.0+ | |||
# '''XulRunner removed from Ubuntu 11.10+'''. Ubuntu decided to remove xulRunner package from its repositories. It means we will have to use Kiwix with Firefox instead of xulrunner. | |||
# '''New registration API'''. Gecko 2+ has a new registration API with macros for backward compatibility with Gecko 1.9. | |||
# '''ABI breaks every 6 weeks'''. Since Gecko 2.0, the binary compatibility is broken with each new major release (which happens every six weeks). It means we will have to compile a version of the components for each FF release. | |||
# '''js-ctypes[https://developer.mozilla.org/en/js-ctypes] is the recommended way'''. In order to avoid the burden of recompiling components for every FF release, Mozilla recommend the use of ''js-ctypes'', a JS module which allows interaction between JS and C libraries. | |||
#* Porting our components to ''js-ctypes'' seems to be the best long-term move regarding Mozilla strategy. | |||
#* It will require a lot of work: rewrite a lot of the C++ code into JS '''and''' wrap all the C++ code into C code as ''js-ctypes'' only support C libraries calls. | |||
#* It probably makes sense to separate the low-level (C/C++) code from Mozilla in case we need to not use Gecko in the future or on another platform. | |||
#* It will probably ease a lot the compilation process on Windows as we won't need the Mozilla stuff. | |||