Reenable webkit on jfx78?

Stefan Fuchs snfuchs at gmx.de
Fri Nov 1 17:03:21 PDT 2013


Ok, webkit is in and latest openjdk updates are merged.

Have fun,

Stefan


Danno Ferrin wrote:
> For a historical perspective my principal reason for disabling was 
> that it wasn't compiling.  So if it is now compiling, I have no 
> problem with it.
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 4:29 PM, Stephen F Northover 
> <steve.x.northover at oracle.com <mailto:steve.x.northover at oracle.com>> 
> wrote:
>
>     My vote: enable it.
>
>     Steve
>
>
>     On 2013-10-30 6:07 PM, Stefan Fuchs wrote:
>
>         Hi,
>
>         Currently the web-module (aka webkit) is not included in the
>         jfx78 backport.
>
>         I have done some tests after enabling it in jfx78. At least on
>         linux it works fine.
>         However it increases the compile time and memory usage during
>         compilation considerably (if you choose to build the native
>         part of webkit).
>         So the pros are:
>         - backport is more complete
>         - backport should be easier maintain (less changes)
>
>         The cons are:
>         - compile time
>
>         Are there any opinions, whether i should enable the web-module
>         on future releases of jfx78 or not?
>
>         Stefan
>
>
>



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