[webkit-dev] Announcing WebKit2

Adam Treat treat at kde.org
Fri Apr 9 14:16:54 PDT 2010


On Friday 09 April 2010 04:53:31 pm Cameron Zwarich wrote:
> In the past we have accepted the Chromium port despite it having a new JS
> engine, new DOM bindings, an overreaching catch-all #ifdef for unrelated
> changes, numerous layering violations, and seemingly unnecessary changes
> or replacements of platform-independent code. All of these problems were
> discussed on webkit-dev and in Bugzilla prior to Chromium landing, but
> they were largely ignored and still exist today.

In the past we've also had new ports land with some fairly hefty requirements 
including fixing of all style violations, layering violations, and generally 
going through the code with a fine tooth comb.  Were that all ports and 
contributions received the same treatment.

Cheers,
Adam


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