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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=442393<br />
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=68702
==Proposed patches==
[http://jamesboston.ca/patches/patch092408.txt <del>patch092408.txt</del>]: This patch fixes the kill() method by putting an attribute into the class that is a Win32 defined struct for holding a reference to a process, and then using that reference to terminate the process. This approach is not considered optimal because it adds more code complexity.
[http://jamesboston.ca/patches/patch092508.txt patch092508.txt]: This patch removes Window's specific code from the implementation. Instead, Windows and all other platforms use the Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) to create processes. Additionally, the logic for blocking is modified. For non-blocking processes, the code previously invoked logic in the NSPR that detached a process and deleted the reference to it, rendering the kill() function useless. This has been changed so that the kill() function works unmodified. However, it looks as the the NSPR does not support OS X process creation/termination. (In fact, the remaining Mac specific code in nsProcessCommon.cpp may not actually do anything.) Additional implementation may be necessary in the NSPR.
==Meetings (Chronological)==
[http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/User:Jamesboston/nsIProcess/meeting-092008 Sept 19, 2008]: Discussion with Benjamin Smedberg and David Humphrey to discuss the new API proposal.<br />
[http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/User:Jamesboston/nsIProcess/meeting-092208 Sept 22, 2008]: Discussion with Mark Finkle and David Humphrey about the API design.
[http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/User:Jamesboston/nsIProcess/meetin-092308 Sept 23, 2008]: Discussion with Mark Finkle about using NSPR.
=News and updates=
