What's new in Firefox 3.6:
* Support for the HTML5 File API
* A change to how third-party software integrates with Firefox to
increase stability.
* The ability to run scripts asynchronously to speed up page load times.
* A mechanism to prevent incompatible software from crashing Firefox.
* Users can now change their browser's appearance with a single click,
with built in support for Personas.
* Firefox 3.6 will alert users about out of date plugins to keep them
safe.
* Open, native video can now be displayed full screen, and supports
poster frames.
* Support for the WOFF font format.
* Improved JavaScript performance, overall browser responsiveness and
startup time.
* Support for new CSS, DOM and HTML5 web technologies.
Thanks to: Andreas Tobler, Florian Smeets, nox@, miwi@ and all testers
- Add Makefile.common
o A new build/install system for gecko ports, Makefile.common
includes many generic routines and common tasks.
o Fix ld-run-path in all gecko's by using -Wl,-rpath,${moz_libdir}
thus removing the need to have a startup script for ports that
depend on gecko. [2]
o Use system libm, nss, nspr in all gecko ports
- Add bsd.gecko.mk
o This is the predecessor to WITH_MOZILLA=[mozilla|firefox|...]
with a more robust way of detecting a gecko a end user wishs to
use.
o bsd.gecko.mk abstracts the selection of gecko-based backends. It
allows users and porters to support any available gecko backend
without needing to build many conditional tests. ${USE_GECKO} is the
list of backends that your port can handle, and ${GECKO} is set by
bsd.gecko.mk to be the chosen backend. Users set ${WITH_GECKO} to the
list of gecko backends they want on their system.
Port Makefile example:
USE_GECKO=firefox mozilla seamonkey thunderbird
.include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
.include "${.CURDIR}/../../www/mozilla/bsd.gecko.mk"
End user example:
WITH_GECKO=seamonkey firefox
We highly recommend moving away from using WITH_MOZILLA and switching to
USE/WITH_GECKO.
PR: 89052 [2]
Submitted by: vs [2]
Obtained from: www/firefox
Thanks to: adamw, marcus, and mezz for ideas, bug squashing, and more
sajd from irc.freenode.org/#FreeBSD-Gnome for
pointing out many bugs
the release notes)
* Add a new Firefox launch script [1]
* Merge URI helper patch from www/mozilla
* Add option to make URLs open in new tabs instead of new windows [1]
* Sanitize CFLAGS [1]
* Update the GNOME .desktop file with i18n translations and MIME types [1]
PR: 75816 [1]
Submitted by: Jose M Rodriguez (freebsd) <josemi@freebsd.jazztel.es> [1]
* Install a firefox desktop entry for the GNOME desktop [1]
* Fix the post-install plug-in repository generation when root is using
a non-default shell [2]
Submitted by: ahze [1]
Clemens Fischer <ino-qc@spotteswoode.de.eu.org> [2]
* Add support for installing the new Firefox brand icon by defining
WITH_NEW_ICON [1]
For all that's new, check out http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/releases/
PR: 71781 [1]
Submitted by: Radek Kozlowski <radek@raadradd.com> [1]
