[webkit-gtk] mingw version of webkitgtk+2?
Konstantin Tokarev
annulen at yandex.ru
Fri May 11 03:30:59 PDT 2018
11.05.2018, 04:40, "Fujii Hironori" <hironori.fujii at sony.com>:
> Yes, very slowly. Approximately, one review iteration per day. I estimate it will take several years to finish.
>
> Bug 174003 – [WinCairo] Implement WebKit for WinCairo
> https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=174003
>
> WinCairo port needs active reviewers.
>
> By the way, I don't think WebKit2 GTK+ Windows port shares a lot of code with WebKit2 native Windows port.
> I think you can start your porting tasks without waiting us to finish.
AFAIU, the only thing which should actually be shared is IPC implementation,
and it was landed long ago
>
> --
> Fujii
> Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
>
> On Fri, 11 May 2018 02:04:42 +0900,
> Michael Catanzaro wrote:
>> On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 11:41 AM, Dov Grobgeld
>> <dov.grobgeld at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Sorry to hear that. Is there a list somewhere describing what
>> > doesn't compile/run for Windows? Is the problem just WebKitGtk or is
>> > it WebKit itself that hasn't been ported? Just curious what the main
>> > obstacle is.
>>
>> The WebKit layer (formerly WebKit2) needs to be ported, yes. Sony is
>> slowly working on this [1], so they would be the best people to ask
>> about the status, and you could collaborate with them if interested.
>>
>> Then GTK-specific code will also need to be ported. We've assumed that
>> PLATFORM(GTK) implies !OS(WINDOWS) for a long time.
>>
>> Finally, if you do get it working, know that it will break continually
>> in future releases unless you actively keep fixing Windows-specific
>> issues. (E.g. the macOS build has apparently not worked for about a
>> year now.)
>>
>> Michael
>>
>> [1]
>> https://trac.webkit.org/log/webkit/trunk/Source/WebKit/PlatformWin.cmake
>>
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Konstantin
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