Reenable webkit on jfx78?

Danno Ferrin danno.ferrin at shemnon.com
Wed Oct 30 18:57:25 PDT 2013


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On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 7:56 PM, Danno Ferrin <danno.ferrin at shemnon.com>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> 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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