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Bug 1252976 - Follow up, Update Note on Artifact Mode, r=nalexander

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Contains a few sentences copied from MDN.

MozReview-Commit-ID: 2wgcCNiWkWw

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@ -29,22 +29,28 @@ APPLICATION_CHOICE = '''
Please choose the version of Firefox you want to build:
%s
Note: (For Firefox for Android)
Note on Artifact Mode:
The Firefox for Android front-end is built using Java, the Android
Platform SDK, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. If you want to work on the
look-and-feel of Firefox for Android, you want "Firefox for Android
Artifact Mode".
Firefox for Desktop and Android supports a fast build mode called
artifact mode. Artifact mode downloads pre-built C++ components rather
than building them locally, trading bandwidth for time.
Firefox for Android is built on top of the Gecko technology
platform. Gecko is Mozilla's web rendering engine, similar to Edge,
Artifact builds will be useful to many developers who are not working
with compiled code. If you want to work on look-and-feel of Firefox,
you want "Firefox for Desktop Artifact Mode".
Similarly, if you want to work on the look-and-feel of Firefox for Android,
you want "Firefox for Android Artifact Mode".
To work on the Gecko technology platform, you would need to opt to full,
non-artifact mode. Gecko is Mozilla's web rendering engine, similar to Edge,
Blink, and WebKit. Gecko is implemented in C++ and JavaScript. If you
want to work on web rendering, you want "Firefox for Android".
want to work on web rendering, you want "Firefox for Desktop", or
"Firefox for Android".
If you don't know what you want, start with just "Firefox for Android
Artifact Mode". Your builds will be much shorter than if you build
Gecko as well. But don't worry! You can always switch configurations
later.
If you don't know what you want, start with just Artifact Mode of the desired
platform. Your builds will be much shorter than if you build Gecko as well.
But don't worry! You can always switch configurations later.
You can learn more about Artifact mode builds at
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Artifact_builds.
@ -53,8 +59,8 @@ Your choice:
'''
APPLICATIONS_LIST=[
('Firefox for Desktop', 'browser'),
('Firefox for Desktop Artifact Mode', 'browser_artifact_mode'),
('Firefox for Desktop', 'browser'),
('Firefox for Android Artifact Mode', 'mobile_android_artifact_mode'),
('Firefox for Android', 'mobile_android'),
]
@ -62,8 +68,8 @@ APPLICATIONS_LIST=[
# This is a workaround for the fact that we must support python2.6 (which has
# no OrderedDict)
APPLICATIONS = dict(
browser=APPLICATIONS_LIST[0],
browser_artifact_mode=APPLICATIONS_LIST[1],
browser_artifact_mode=APPLICATIONS_LIST[0],
browser=APPLICATIONS_LIST[1],
mobile_android_artifact_mode=APPLICATIONS_LIST[2],
mobile_android=APPLICATIONS_LIST[3],
)