Reenable webkit on jfx78?

Danno Ferrin danno.ferrin at shemnon.com
Wed Oct 30 18:56:11 PDT 2013


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> 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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