Re: XUL & Epiphany

[Christian Persch <chpe gnome org>]

Hi,

Le lundi 16 mai 2005 �5:55 +0200, Christian Persch a �it :
> Hi,
> 
> Le dimanche 01 mai 2005 �0:07 -0400, Christopher Aillon a �it :
> > >>We should also try and get the python bindings for XPCOM (PyXPCOM) [1] 
> > >>into a better state.  There's a patch [2] which may need some loving.
> > > I've created http://live.gnome.org/Epiphany_2fEphyPython_2fPyXPCOM with
> > > build instructions for PyXPCOM. With the patches from there, I can
> > > successfully build PyXPCOM on trunk (not tested on mozilla 1.7 or ff 1.0
> > > branches).
> > > Now we just need to check if it actually works ;)
> > 
> > :) Yes, that would be a good thing to do.  Seriously though, if we get 
> > this working well enough, I can help get it upstreamed quicker.  Because 
> > it appears after all this time that it needs help.
> 
> I've updated my patch, and it runs successfully now here. The wiki @
> http://live.gnome.org/Epiphany_2fEphyPython_2fPyXPCOM has the updated
> patch, and instructions how to build and test PyXPCOM.
> I've tested it on a firefox trunk build, but the patch applies to 1.7
> branch too with only 2 unimportant failures (can someone confirm that it
> builds on 1.7 branch?).
> 
> More testing appreciated; I've had one report that it doesn't work on
> fedora FC3; so it would be nice if someone who has that distribution
> could confirm if it does indeed (not) work for then.

The problem on FC3/FC4 is fixed now too; the wiki page has updated build
instructions.
I think this is just about ready to be pushed upstream :)

Regards,
	Christian