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Subject: Re: [Gnash-dev] Re: XPCOM howto and example code by Mike Perry
From: Sylvain Beucler <beuc () beuc ! net>
Date: 2009-05-07 19:47:58
Message-ID: 20090507194758.GB27245 () perso ! beuc ! net
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On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 12:46:49PM -0700, John Gilmore wrote:
> Mike Perry <mikeperry@fscked.org> wrote, in a private email:
> > [I] wrote [a] bare-bones binary firefox XPCOM component that loads on Linux,
> > Windows, and Mac OS to move prototype code into (it should be
> > doable to make it work on all 3 platforms). This was harder than it
> > should have been. Will be writing a HOWTO to document this
> > process, as the Firefox docs suck and many people are lost in the
> > wilderness.
> >
> > Sadly Fedora's hardening mechanisms prevent you from loading binary
> > components without an SELinux policy mod though. Not sure what to
> > do about this. May end up abandoning ship on the component method,
> > and going with NPAPI. Then it would work for Chrome and Safari too.
> >
> > My brother works on the Chrome NPAPI implementation and some of the
> > binary integration bits of Google Gears on Firefox and Chrome, so
> > hopefully picking his brain will also provide some insight.
> >
> > I still should write the XPCOM HOWTO in either case though: people
> > are dying out there.
>
> He wants to clarify that he's not on gnash-dev, and that the XPCOM
> stuff is a lower priority task for him, but he can shoot somebody a
> source tarball if desired.
Shoot me, please :)
--
Sylvain
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