Real World Mozilla Day 2

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Overview

The second day is focused on issues surrounding the Mozilla build process. This includes version control, build tools, environment setup, and eventually building Firefox.

Location

T4046/T4042

Agenda

Time	Activity
10:00 - 10:30	Review of Mozilla Technologies and IRC.
10:30 - 11:00	Introduction to make and makefiles.
11:00 - 12:00	Lab: Writing a simple makefile.
12:00 - 1:00	Lunch
1:00 - 2:00	Version Control using CVS and SVN.
2:00 - 4:00	Lab: Building Firefox from source.

Resources

IRC

• irssi
• irssi+screen
• Irssi Tutorial

Make and Makefiles

• GNU Make Manual
• Make Tutorial

Version Control

• CVS on-line book
• SVN on-line book
• TortoiseSVN Windows client
• SVN Sandbox on CDOT

Mozilla Build

• Mozilla Build Documentation for Developers (MDC)
• Explanation of how the Mozilla build works (MDC)
• On-line lecture by J. Paul Reed at Seneca on the Mozilla Build
• On-line lecture by Rob Helmer at Seneca on the Mozilla Build and Release process