Changes between Version 34 and Version 35 of firefox

Timestamp:

12/03/2019 03:33:27 AM (4 years ago)

Author:

ken@…

Comment:

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firefox

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 == Dependencies for 68-ESR ==
 
-Although the book is tested with the latest versions of the dependencies (in the case of 68.2.0-esr these will include rustc-1.37.0 and cbindgen-0.9.1) it should be possible to use older versions of some packages:
+Although the book is tested with its latest versions of the dependencies'''' it should be possible to use older versions of some packages:
 
-nss versions >= 3.44.2 should work, but using the latest is considered safer.
+cbindgen >= 0.8.7 should work
 
 harfbuzz >= 2.4.0 (if using the patch for system harfbuzz) should work.
 
+libwebp >= 1.02 should work
+
+nss versions >= 3.44.3 should work, but using the latest is considered safer. 3.44.3 is a recent update to 3.44 released on 19th November 2019, '''Any versions released before that date should not be used, even if the configure tests pass'''
+
+rustc-1.35.0 works and has been tested. 
+
 sqlite >= 3.28.0 should work, but you are recommended to use the latest version.
 
-libwebp >= 1.02 should work
 
-cbindgen >= 0.8.7 should work
-
-And in particular rustc-1.35.0 works and has been tested. 
-
-== Dependencies for the latest release (these details are for 70.0) ==
+== Dependencies for the latest release (these details are for 71.0) ==
 
 This is an attempt to help people who want to keep using the latest upstream release, and will be updated from time to time.
 
-For firefox-70.0, the following need to be at least the specified versions:
+''Importantly, after ff70 ./mach install no longer accepts '--verbose' and errors if it is used.''
 
-nss-3.46.1
+For firefox-71.0, the following need to be at least the specified versions:
 
-harfbuzz-2.6.1 (if using the patch, which is in the patches project)
+cbindgen-0.9.1
+
+harfbuzz-2.6.2 (if using the patch, which is in the patches project)
+
+nspr-4.23
+
+nss-3.47.1
+
+rustc-1.37.0 (newer releases should be ok for firefox)
 
 sqlite-3.29.0 (latest is preferred)
 
-cbindgen-0.9.1
+== Dependencies for 72.0beta ==
 
-rustc-1.37.0 (1.38.0 works for firefox)
+A place to look at the next release,
 
-== Dependencies for 71.0beta ==
 
-A place to look at the next-but-one release,
 
-For 71, rustc now needs to be >= 1.37.0,
-nspr >= 4.23.
-nss >= 3.47.0.
-If using the patch for system graphite2 and harfbuzz,
-harfbuzz >= 2.6.2.
-
-Importantly, after ff70 ./mach install no longer accepts '--verbose' and errors if it is used.
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