'Re: [webkit-dev] Standing of the WINCE port'

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List:       webkit-dev
Subject:    Re: [webkit-dev] Standing of the WINCE port
From:       George Staikos <staikos () kde ! org>
Date:       2009-08-28 19:14:04
Message-ID: DE341188-D3E0-45FB-8BDE-15C9F4BA9D1C () kde ! org
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On 27-Aug-09, at 9:05 AM, Peter Kasting wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 10:00 PM, Adam Barth <abarth@webkit.org>  
> wrote:
> Is the WINCE port in a bad standing of some sort, or can reviews of
> WINCE patches proceed as normal?
>
> On a related note, I have heard rumors that the acquisition of  
> Torch Mobile means that their development of a WinCE-based browser  
> will cease.  I suspect that those developers may be unable to  
> comment about this (if so, if you're able to say a simple "can't  
> comment", that'd be helpful), but if they are not, I am curious  
> whether the WinCE port still has momentum and we should continue  
> working to get it in the tree, or if it is dead (in which case we  
> should probably pull out some of the parts that are landed).

    The development of Iris Browser for Windows CE has been  
suspended, but we still plan to contribute to WebKit as a project and  
this does not preclude working on code specific to a given port.  I  
think there is clearly enough interest in the Windows CE port to keep  
it around, and the impact on the tree is really not that big.  The  
more intrusive changes that were done by Torch Mobile were specific  
to certain classes of features, really.  I see no reason to pull it out.

--
George Staikos
Torch Mobile Inc.
http://www.torchmobile.com/

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-webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> <br><div><div>On 27-Aug-09, at 9:05 AM, \
Peter Kasting wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote \
type="cite"><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 10:00 PM, Adam Barth \
<span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:abarth@webkit.org">abarth@webkit.org</a>></span> \
wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px \
#ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> Is the WINCE port in a bad standing of some sort, or \
can reviews of<br> WINCE patches proceed as \
normal?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>On a related note, I have heard rumors \
that the acquisition of Torch Mobile means that their development of a WinCE-based \
browser will cease.  I suspect that those developers may be unable to comment about \
this (if so, if you're able to say a simple "can't comment", that'd be helpful), but \
if they are not, I am curious whether the WinCE port still has momentum and we should \
continue working to get it in the tree, or if it is dead (in which case we should \
probably pull out some of the parts that are \
landed).</div></div></blockquote><br></div><div>   The development of Iris Browser \
for Windows CE has been suspended, but we still plan to contribute to WebKit as a \
project and this does not preclude working on code specific to a given port.  I think \
there is clearly enough interest in the Windows CE port to keep it around, and the \
impact on the tree is really not that big.  The more intrusive changes that were done \
by Torch Mobile were specific to certain classes of features, really.  I see no \
reason to pull it out.</div><div><br></div><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" \
style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; \
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-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; \
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div>--</div><div><div>George Staikos</div><div>Torch \
Mobile Inc.</div><div><a \
href="http://www.torchmobile.com">http://www.torchmobile.com</a>/</div></div></span> \
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