Monthly Archives: January 2012

smartmake redux: harder, better, faster, stronger

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Josh Matthews

Do you get frustrated about how long it takes to build Firefox after you’ve only made a small change to a single file? Have you heard the words “incremental build”, or tried to only build one or two directories but … Continue reading →

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Answering questions by looking at code

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Josh Matthews

A contributor recently asked a question in #introduction that I couldn’t answer immediately, but I suspected that I could find the answer without too much work. I also decided to write down the steps I took and the reasons I … Continue reading →

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A Firefox regression hunter VM!

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Josh Matthews

I am happy to announce the first public unveiling of my Fox in a Box project. The enthusiasm for my idea of putting together a dev VM was loud and clear in my last post, mainly from testers who expressed … Continue reading →

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