[webkit-dev] Announcing new port: Nix

Thomas Fletcher thomas at cranksoftware.com
Thu Sep 12 17:21:43 PDT 2013



Geoffrey Garen wrote:
>> Sure. We at University of Szeged who work on WebKitNix from this year
>> contributed many fixes to various part of WebKit: JavaScriptCore,
>> WebCore, Tools, …
>
> Thank you for this list. I started reading through it, but I noticed a high percentage of patches that were port-specific build fixes or port-specific features like support for legacy ARM chips. For example, “...on ARM traditional” (<https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/142616>). Those patches are cost to core WebKit development, not benefit.
I don't want to mis-interpret your statement here.  Can you clarify what 
you mean by "Those
patches are cost to core WebKit development, not benefit."

Thanks,
  Thomas
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