Re: cross compiling Mozilla for Power PC
> > You seem intent on doing it the interesting way, though.
> >
>
> Isn't the interesting way of doing things usually the most fun? I
Right, that's why I bothered to install dpkg-cross, read the man pages and
README.Debian files and tinkered a bit with it to see how it would work
out.
> mean, anybody can just do something, but it takes a really skillful
> person to do things the interesting way... and succeed!
>
> The problem, as I see it, with doing things the uninteresting way, is
> that you get bored mighty quick. The optimum process to pursue, is one
> that will ultimately get the job done while simultaneously warding off
> boredom and attracting a multitude of naysayers. After all, no task or
> success offers more satisfaction than one that, in the view of the many,
> appears impossible.
And that would be perfectly fine if I was actually employed to tinker with
Debian (which I'm not), or had plenty of time to spend on this in my spare
time (hardly). The optimum process, then, is the one that gets the job
done with a minimum of fuss. Meaning I'd get a Mac mini to get the job
done.
> Prima facie, as I've come to learn, is very seldom prima facie.
> There's always more there than meets the eye, and revellers in the
> implausibility of success are rarely in their stride when the true
> nature of the beast is apparent to the myriad doubting Thomases. True
> success is rarely achieved through the tried and true, but, instead, is
> a process of strange and exotic pursuits into uncharted waters. And so
> it is with the open source movement as a whole.
Excuse me if I leave these actual pursuits to the truely interested
reader (insert math joke along the lines of 'without loss of generality,
it is trivial to show that ...' here).
> I sincerely doubt that there are many in the commercial world that do
> not look upon free and open software as an "interesting" development and
> and a seemingly "insane" way of doing things. And, although free
> software has hit some strides and met many a milestone in its
> development and appeal, there is much further to go before open software
> like Linux fully gains the acceptance it needs to be taken seriously.
> Such is the challenge of doing things the interesting way. And the
> satisfaction of succeeding in such a sphere, I'm sure is unparalleled in
> any commercial software endeavour.
If my description of how to theroretically cross compile mozilla has
struck you as slightly insane, I've obviously succeeded in getting the
message across.
Hoping to have put the 'how to cross compile mozilla' thread to rest,
Michael
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