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== Deliverables == | == Deliverables == | ||
* DVD launcher and installer for Windows 32/64 bits | * DVD launcher and installer for Windows 32/64 bits | ||
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== Dates & Duration == | == Dates & Duration == | ||
* Start Date: October 3rd | * <s>Start Date: October 3rd</s> | ||
* Estimated Delivery Date: October 28th. | * 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. | |||
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
- Windows Setup (64b)
- compilation
- Makefile
Kiwix for Windows 32/64 bits
- Windows Setup (64b)
Kiwix win32- Kiwix win64
Kiwix static for GNU/Linux 32/64 bits
Kiwix static linux32- Kiwix static linux64
- Makefile (cross compile?)
Kiwix dmg for OSX 32/64 bits
Kiwix dmg OSX 32- 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[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.