414785 - Add MAR generation to Prism

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Mozilla Labs :: Prism, defect)

Description

[Mark Finkle (:mfinkle) (use needinfo?)]

Prism has a Mozilla build system and should start making Full and Partial MARs, using the simplest methods possible :)

Comment 1

[Robert Helmer [:rhelmer]]

The way we do this for Firefox and Thunderbird is setting the mozconfig:
mk_add_options MOZ_CO_PROJECT=all
ac_add_options --enable-application=tools/update-packaging

Then doing the usual "./configure && make". Takes a while as it requires a full tree checkout, but gives you:

* dist/host/bin/mar
* dist/host/bin/mbsdiff (for partial diffs)
* tools/update-packaging (scripts to wrap/unwrap and create partial MARs)

Benjamin, what do you think about packaging the above in the xulrunner SDK? Is mbsdiff a non-starter due to licensing? Even if so, it might be nice at least to have the mar binary and scripts for wrap/unwrap...

Comment 2

[Benjamin Smedberg]

I do not think that we can ship mbsdiff in the SDK. License contamination is a fairly big deal. I suppose we could ship the other stuff in a tools directory, but I really don't think I'll have time to do that soonish.

Comment 3

[Sylvestre Ledru [:Sylvestre]]

Prism isn't maintained anymore. Mass closing of the bugs.