Mozilla to stop supporting XPCOM binary components

[joao.augusto]

Hi,

I have a binary xpcom that is installed by a third party software, it doesn't have a "extension" and it's not available on addons.mozilla.org.
So my question is, when you say "stop supporting XPCOM binary components" does this means that all xpcom binary that are installed via the chrome.manifest file will not be loaded ?

Thanks.

[WaltS48]

But be aware that this is part of a longer-term strategy to start removing XPCOM from the critical path of anything in gecko. As we start removing XPCOM from the critical path of anything in gecko. As we start less valuable, to the point where we can eventually remove the XPCOM component system from Firefox completely.

REF: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mozilla ... ypHZFWp2IJ

[The_Rave]

I read a developer comment before 3-4 years or so, that XPCOM is planned to be removed completely in long term schedule. So i have already there converted my XPCOM dll and changed to jc-types and compilled new dll. It was no big challenge. The code looks a lot more cleaner now. The announcement strategy is sadly not very open and addon developer have to take that they get. This was the first thing what i had to learn here.