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Description
"suiterunner" is an internal code-name for the future version of SeaMonkey based on the "new toolkit", i.e. the same backend code already used by Firefox, Sunbird and for the most part also Thunderbird. The name is intentionally derived from "XULRunner", as the long-term goal of this project is to make SeaMonkey a XULRunner-based application.
Important changes
Compared to xpfe-based "conventional" SeaMonkey (1.0.x and 1.1.x), suiterunner will features some quite important changes:
- Incorporation of the same Add-On Management as Firefox, including unistalling Add-Ons, automatic extension updates, etc.
- Making Firefox and Thunderbird extensions compatible with suiterunner is easier than with "conventional" SeaMonkey (not all will work out-of-the-box though)
- Profiles will be kept in a new directory, old profiles will need to be migrated (addition of a profile migrator open doors to enable easier importing setting from other apps though)
- New Windows installer will be based on NSIS, just like current Firefox installer
Why are we doing this?
Some of this has already been touched on above:
- Using toolkit means we share more core files with Firefox, Sunbird, Thunderbird etc, this means we benefit from their fixes to the core code, and they benefit from ours.
- It will be easier for extensions that work with Firefox/Thunderbird to be compatible with SeaMonkey.
Current development
Summary
For the moment, building SeaMonkey trunk in the "suiterunner" configuration is working on all platforms, but it currently ties some parts of xpfe and toolkit together in a temporary mix, still excluding some parts of toolkit from the build that we haven't yet figured out how to include without causing incompatibilities. Look for comments like "# XXX Suite doesn't want these just yet" in toolkit build files.
Bug state
The main tracking bug for suiterunner is bug suiterunner
Real blockers:
- bug 329744 Write migrator for moving to Toolkit-based profiles
- bug 338461 Get file -> new navigator window working in suiterunner
- bug 348386 Download manager doesn't display on suiterunner builds
- bug 350221 Make suiterunner tabbrowser build on toolkit browser
- bug 351917 Create NSIS installer for SeaMonkey (suiterunner)
Possible blockers:
- bug 335154 Get SeaMonkey's themes registering and switching with Theme Manager (in suiterunner)
- removes old theme options
- bug 349309 toolkit's extensions.js/OpenURL is app specific (GetMoreThemes/Extensions)
- bug 361159 Grippies missing on toolbars for Classic theme in suiterunner
Regression which would be caused by the switch, but no need to block:
- bug 329742 Port SeaMonkey's splash screen code to work with Toolkit
- bug 361161 Reporter doesn't work for suiterunner (MOZ_XUL_APP=1) builds
- 1bug 339720 show warning page before showing about:config
- 1bug 346604 Two "Using help" documents in suiterunner
- 1 2bug 346605 Make openHelp() calls call suiterunner help correctly
- This stops help working in various places (typically code from /extensions) but can't be fixed until after we stop building xpfe suite.
- 1bug 360109 make suiterunner help use SeaMonkey theme icons
1 not currently blocking bug suiterunner 2 doesn't need to block bug suiterunner
No need to block:
- bug 255807 Migrate Seamonkey UI from XPFE to New Toolkit
- bug 336874 Make suiterunner use the same toolkit.jar as XULRunner
- bug 342087 migrate SeaMonkey preferences to use an extended Toolkit Prefwindow
Need to decide on:
- bug 329021 Get non-static builds of mailnews working when MOZ_XUL_APP set
- bug 332203 Ensure the installers work with MOZ_XUL_APP set on SeaMonkey
- Works apart from DOMI
- bug 334478 Get suiterunner to actually run (start up a somewhat usable browser window)
- bug 351152 Make SeaMonkey's Release Notes URL compatible with toolkit's version
Related Wiki Pages
- Some pref window work is being tracked at SeaMonkey:Toolkit Transition:PrefwindowPanes
- Transition of Chatzilla to fit the new model is being discussed at ChatZilla:Suiterunner
- The old main page of various discussions about the toolkit transition at SeaMonkey:Toolkit Transition
- The SeaMonkey:New for 1.5 page for the trunk builds - includes some items which are in suiterunner and hopefully will be in the next release.
Builds
There are some experimental tinderboxes listed on the SeaMonkey-Ports tinderbox page, the phlox (mac) and tpol (win32) ones also upload suiterunner packages into the seamonkey/tinderbox-builds directory of ftp.mozilla.org
For building yourself, just add the lines
MOZ_XUL_APP=1 ac_add_options --enable-static-mail
to your SeaMonkey trunk .mozconfig file.