> But is this turning them off gonna be permanent ? I mean after the release of > Firefox OS on phones later this year won't developers need a simulator for > Windows ? Because even r2d2b2g is based on these builds.. so If they keep > failing there won't be the an extension (aka Firefox OS Simulator) for > Windows too..
If there's more interest from developers on Windows in the future, this decision could be reconsidered. In the meantime I'd suggest using a Linux VM/partition. Chris's proposal is based upon low usage and the fact that a fix has not been prioritized in weeks. -Alex On Jun 6, 2013, at 3:27 AM, Ahmed Nefzaoui <[email protected]> wrote: > That's very unfortunate because I've been using them like daily before they > got broken > and Unfortunately again because I don't have a good Idea about how to fix > them.. > Btw I've been suffering from not being able to use desktop builds since > January.. > But is this turning them off gonna be permanent ? I mean after the release of > Firefox OS on phones later this year won't developers need a simulator for > Windows ? Because even r2d2b2g is based on these builds.. so If they keep > failing there won't be the an extension (aka Firefox OS Simulator) for > Windows too.. > ? > > Cheers, > Nefzaoui > > > Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 18:48:06 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: [b2g] Fix or disable windows desktop b2g builds > > Windows desktop b2g builds have been pretty broken for several weeks > now, since around May 24 [1]. > > At this week's engineering and b2g meetings we discussed shutting these > off if nobody has a strong reason to keep them around. > > If you are currently depending on the builds for anything, please let me > know. I'm planning to turn these off at the end of the week if they're > of little value, and/or we can't get them fixed up. If you're interested in > fixing these builds, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=879370 > is the bug for you! > > Cheers, > Chris > > [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=876068 > > _______________________________________________ > dev-b2g mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g > > _______________________________________________ > dev-b2g mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g _______________________________________________ dev-b2g mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g
