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== Deliverables ==
== Deliverables ==
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* 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<noinclude>
* 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 ==


<table border=1>
=== Windows Setup ===
<tr><th>Task</th><th>Status</th><th>Progress</th></tr>
 
<tr><td>...</td><td>Not Started</td><td>0%</td></tr>
* Document windows VM setup.
</table>
 
=== 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+


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# '''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.

Latest revision as of 15:49, 5 April 2012

Deliverables

  • DVD launcher and installer for Windows 32/64 bits
  • Kiwix for Windows 32/64 bits
  • Kiwix static for GNU/Linux 32/64 bits
  • Kiwix dmg for OSX 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

Dates & Duration

  • Start Date: October 3rd
  • Estimated Delivery Date: October 28th. week 17 of 2012

Tasks

Windows Setup

  • Document windows VM setup.

DVD launcher and installer for Windows 32/64 bits

  1. Windows Setup (64b)
  2. compilation
  3. Makefile

Kiwix for Windows 32/64 bits

  1. Windows Setup (64b)
  2. Kiwix win32
  3. Kiwix win64

Kiwix static for GNU/Linux 32/64 bits

  1. Kiwix static linux32
  2. Kiwix static linux64
  3. Makefile (cross compile?)

Kiwix dmg for OSX 32/64 bits

  1. Kiwix dmg OSX 32
  2. Kiwix XR 2.0+
  3. Kiwix dmg OSX 64

Kiwix static (portable ZIP files) for Windows, MacOSX and GNU/Linux 32/64 bits

  1. Makefile from binary dist.

Debian unstable package for 32 et 64 bits in the official Debian repository

  1. Fix deb
  2. add man pages
  3. follow-up upload with vasudev
  4. 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+

  1. 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.
  2. New registration API. Gecko 2+ has a new registration API with macros for backward compatibility with Gecko 1.9.
  3. 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.
  4. js-ctypes[1] 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.
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