Re: [Gnash-dev] Re: XPCOM howto and example code by Mike Perry

[Sylvain Beucler]

On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 12:46:49PM -0700, John Gilmore wrote:
> Mike Perry <address@hidden> 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 :)

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Sylvain