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The 9GB limit was not just the Rust stuff, that was for the entire docker environment with compiler, JRE, node, wasm toolkit, typescript, webpack etc. Yes, we n

The 9GB limit was not just the Rust stuff, that was for the entire docker environment with compiler, JRE, node, wasm toolkit, typescript, webpack etc. Yes, we need all of these to make a "true" reproducible build from scratch. > to build a browser extension It shares 99% of code with a desktop application; you can compile it to wasm while preserving most features. The extension wraps the wasm. For reference, when making a single clean build, the `target/` dir reaches 700MB.

cxr 2y ago
> The 9GB limit was not just the Rust stuff, that was for the entire docker environment with compiler, JRE, node, wasm toolkit, typescript, webpack etc. None of this is surprising or exculpatory. Demanding >9GB of disk space to build a browser extension is insane. > we need all of these to make a "true" reproducible build from scratch You need and them to reproduce your build. You definitely don't need all of them to build what you're building.
- freedomben 2y ago
  You certainly are confident that you know more about GP's situation than they do. When you took your desktop app and built a browser extension version, did you really rewrite the entire app in vanilla JavaScript just got the Mozilla review team as you seem to be expecting GP to have done? How long did it take you? What sort of opportunity cost was there from investing your time on that instead of adding value to your product?
  - cxr 2y ago
    For someone who opened their post with a first sentence like that, you're making a lot of (bad) assumptions on your end; most of your questions are unanswerable or have answers that you are clearly expecting to go the other way. Demanding >9GB of disk space to build a browser extension is insane.
freedomben 2y ago
Thank you for setting such a good example. If I were you, I don't know that I could have given such a good and dispassionate reply to such an arrogant, overconfident, and rude comment as you did. Your comments are not only technically interesting, but also epitomize. What a healthy online community should be. Thank you for doing what you do!

cxr 2y ago

> The 9GB limit was not just the Rust stuff, that was for the entire docker environment with compiler, JRE, node, wasm toolkit, typescript, webpack etc. None of this is surprising or exculpatory. Demanding >9GB of disk space to build a browser extension is insane. > we need all of these to make a "true" reproducible build from scratch You need and them to reproduce your build. You definitely don't need all of them to build what you're building.

freedomben 2y ago
You certainly are confident that you know more about GP's situation than they do. When you took your desktop app and built a browser extension version, did you really rewrite the entire app in vanilla JavaScript just got the Mozilla review team as you seem to be expecting GP to have done? How long did it take you? What sort of opportunity cost was there from investing your time on that instead of adding value to your product?
- cxr 2y ago
  For someone who opened their post with a first sentence like that, you're making a lot of (bad) assumptions on your end; most of your questions are unanswerable or have answers that you are clearly expecting to go the other way. Demanding >9GB of disk space to build a browser extension is insane.

freedomben 2y ago

Thank you for setting such a good example. If I were you, I don't know that I could have given such a good and dispassionate reply to such an arrogant, overconfident, and rude comment as you did. Your comments are not only technically interesting, but also epitomize. What a healthy online community should be. Thank you for doing what you do!