<html><head> <link media="all" type="text/css" href="/webmail/static/deg/css/wysiwyg-3933289048.css" rel="stylesheet"> </head><body> Sep 11, 2009 04:17:58 PM, <a href="mailto:cworth@cworth.org" class="parsedEmail" target="_blank">cworth@cworth.org</a> wrote: <blockquote style="border-left: 3px solid rgb(102, 153, 204);">Excerpts from alupu's message of Thu Sep 10 19:21:43 -0700 2009: > I have problems compiling Firefox-3.5.x (3.5 to 3.5.3), documented in > Mozilla-Bug 504599 (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=504599" class="parsedLink" target="_blank">https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=504599</a>) > > It appears that everything revolves around my using > --enable-system-cairo > in the Firefox configuration. From the original bug report, it looks like an issue with the firefox build system, and nothing specific to cairo at all, (it isn't even cairo include files that the build is failing on). > I'd appreciate a cairo specialist's comments on this. As a cairo specialist, it looks like you reported the bug to the right place originally by taking it to bugzilla.mozilla.org. It does look like the traffic in that bug report is degenerating into a debate on the merit of the --enable-system-cairo option in the mozilla source. Personally, I'm of the opinion that running anything other than the system cairo on a Linux system doesn't make any sense. I think many Linux distributions build mozilla with --enable-system-cairo and would likely push back if mozilla were to try to remove that option. (And I don't think I've seen any real evidence of mozilla even considering that.) That said, it's perhaps not *too* surprising that some mozilla developers get a bit grumpy when they see the option get used and leading to extra support issues. Carl: Thank you very much for your prompt and insightful comments. I apologize for the format of this reply. It appears that both the content and the flow of this thread has been badly mangled in the (Sept) Archive so I was trying to repair things the best I could. Best wishes, -- Alex </blockquote></body></html>