Open Bug 1405703 Opened 7 years ago Updated 2 years ago

Add an option to use the system's brotli

Categories

(Firefox Build System :: General, enhancement, P5)

Product:
Firefox Build System
Component:
General
Platform:
Unspecified
Linux
Type:
enhancement

Tracking

(firefox58 affected)

Tracking Flags:
Tracking Status
firefox58 --- affected

People

(Reporter: fredw, Unassigned)

References

(Blocks 1 open bug)

Details

Apparently, there are already Linux packages for Brotli on e.g. Debian or Fedora. It makes sense to use them instead of building it from modules/brotli.
Blocks: 1405704
This is low priority unless needed by downstream packagers, as using the in-repo brotli means there is exactly one version of brotli's source code to support which means behavior is well-defined and predictable. Supporting system brotli just creates more variance and therefore requires more effort to support.
Priority: -- → P5
Product: Core → Firefox Build System
Severity: normal → S3
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