I wrote this to the PyXPCOM list, but then thought I’d blog it for those who don’t read that list:
A while back we open sourced the bulk of Komodo Edit, which includes our build system for Mozilla, which builds and handles lots of edge cases with PyXPCOM, including a series of patches we have to build, fix or add functionality. Komodo uses this build system and these patches, and has proven to be stable with PyXPCOM over a long period.
I wrote an email about it to the openkomodo-dev list a few days back describing the basic information for building XULRunner with PyXPCOM. With just a bit more work, the build system could probably build a redistributable XULRunner + PyXPCOM. While we (ActiveState) wont have time in the immediate future to do that work ourselves, I thought I’d mention it in case anyone was interested in digging in.
Hardened Container Security Best Practices
It’s no secret that containers enable you to deploy products rapidly in scalable and consistent environments, however they also can introduce new vulnerabilities across the software supply chain. In this