'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 19:33:52
Message-ID: 93A9EC6D-F744-4A93-B1F3-916CF5E72196 () kde ! org
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On 28-Aug-09, at 9:26 AM, Peter Kasting wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 12:14 PM, George Staikos <staikos@kde.org>  
> wrote:
> 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.
>
> I'm not opposed to leaving things in.  I am curious as to the  
> future of certain specific features.  For example, the WinCE port  
> as written had a lot of Image system changes, and while I don't  
> think they would have landed as-is, they were prompting discussion  
> about how to redesign some of the Image subsystem to accommodate  
> them.  If we're still hoping to land these changes (in some form)  
> it imposes a different set of design constraints than if we're not.
>
> Anyway, thanks for the reply.

    I think we'd like to see those features go in.  They're  
generically useful.  I don't necessarily disagree with refactoring of  
it either.

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

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-webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> <br><div><div>On 28-Aug-09, at 9:26 AM, \
Peter Kasting wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote \
type="cite"><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 12:14 PM, George Staikos \
<span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:staikos@kde.org">staikos@kde.org</a>></span> \
wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px \
#ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> <div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><div></div><div \
class="h5">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></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I'm not opposed to leaving things in.  I \
am curious as to the future of certain specific features.  For example, the WinCE \
port as written had a lot of Image system changes, and while I don't think they would \
have landed as-is, they were prompting discussion about how to redesign some of the \
Image subsystem to accommodate them.  If we're still hoping to land these changes (in \
some form) it imposes a different set of design constraints than if we're not.</div> \
<div><br></div><div>Anyway, thanks for the \
reply.</div></div></blockquote><br></div><div>   I think we'd like to see those \
features go in.  They're generically useful.  I don't necessarily disagree with \
refactoring of it either.</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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