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Re: [Maildev] hard dependencies on addrbook component

JC
Joshua Cranmer 🐧
Thu, Aug 17, 2017 6:18 PM

On 8/17/2017 3:26 AM, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote:

By the way: is there some automatic test system, I could just push to ?
I've already seen some docs on moz CI in general, but that seems to
require extra accounts, and I'm even unsure how that works w/ two trees
(moz and tbird).

Yes, there is--the try server. Of course, you pretty much have to be on
trunk to get it to work.

As mentioned previously, our current long-term policy is to move much
of  > our codebase to JS.

Including all the data source and lo level protocol handling stuff ?

Especially that stuff.

Finally, if you're proposing to do large-scale projects or redesigns, it

I hope not to do a large-scale project, but small steps.

You seem to hope to end up with a large-scale project, even if you want
to achieve it in small steps. From experience, I will attest that
coherent design is not achievable on the installment plan.

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Joshua Cranmer
Thunderbird and DXR developer
Source code archæologist

On 8/17/2017 3:26 AM, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote: > By the way: is there some automatic test system, I could just push to ? > I've already seen some docs on moz CI in general, but that seems to > require extra accounts, and I'm even unsure how that works w/ two trees > (moz and tbird). Yes, there is--the try server. Of course, you pretty much have to be on trunk to get it to work. >> As mentioned previously, our current long-term policy is to move much >> of  > our codebase to JS. > > Including all the data source and lo level protocol handling stuff ? Especially that stuff. >> Finally, if you're proposing to do large-scale projects or redesigns, it > I hope not to do a large-scale project, but small steps. You seem to hope to end up with a large-scale project, even if you want to achieve it in small steps. From experience, I will attest that coherent design is not achievable on the installment plan. -- Joshua Cranmer Thunderbird and DXR developer Source code archæologist
BB
Ben Bucksch
Thu, Aug 17, 2017 6:34 PM

Joshua Cranmer 🐧 via Maildev wrote on 17.08.2017 20:18:

From experience, I will attest that coherent design is not achievable
on the installment plan.

Agreed.

My point for TB:NG :)

Ben

Joshua Cranmer 🐧 via Maildev wrote on 17.08.2017 20:18: > From experience, I will attest that coherent design is not achievable > on the installment plan. Agreed. My point for TB:NG :) Ben