Mozilla for Alpha ( was netscape for Alpha)

[Bharadwaj Yadavalli <sby ives lkg dec com>]

> This really is a faq..

I hope it does not remain one :-)

> On Tue, Jun 15, 1999 at 03:56:28PM +0100, Paul Jakma wrote:
> > Why are there no netscape binaries for Alpha?
> 
> 	There are aplenty of 32 vs. 64-bit issues in Netscape source,
> 	and gcc does not support "-taso" compilation as DEC CC does.
> 	(with 32-bit pointer addresses..)  Essentially the initial
> 	Mozilla ( = Netscape 4.0 ) source did show that it contains
> 	*a lot* of code with implied assumption that pointers are 32-
> 	bit objects.
> 
> 	During the Mozilla effort, a lot of these things have been
> 	fixed, and therefore the Mozilla works (to a degree) at Alpha.

Let me also vigorously agree with the above statements. I have been
successfully building Mozilla on a Linux/Alpha almost on a daily basis
since the last couple of weeks. While it certainly is still
work-in-progress and core dumps every once in a while, several of the
components are working rather nicely (If only we could fix it to work
over http proxies.... hopefully soon, I guess...).

If each one who desires a browser (and cares to build one) starts
running Mozilla, Linux/Alpha will have one less application package
whose availability is "roumored" to be non-existant !! It will
certainly increase the user base and clean bugs :-) There is always
Amaya, though.

Just my 2 cents worth thoughts and experiences,

Bharadwaj