[arch-general] Compiling Firefox

[Nilesh Govindarajan]

On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 8:34 AM, Jeffrey Lynn Parke Jr.
<jeffrey.parke at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 10:03 PM, Nilesh Govindarajan <lists at itech7.com>wrote:
>
>> On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 8:26 AM, Matthew Monaco <dgbaley27 at verizon.net>
>> wrote:
>> > On 05/30/2010 10:53 PM, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> In order to improve firefox's reponse time, I'm thinking of compiling
>> >> firefox with gcc's -O3 and -march settings from the ABS.
>> >> Any tips on that matter, about updates, etc. ?
>> >>
>> >
>> > Try firefox-pgo. You have to be careful with gcc options when compiling
>> > firefox. The AUR's firefox-pgo sets up properly for you.
>> >
>>
>>
>> It seems firefox-pgo is for 64bit, but I am on 32bit. I had put up a
>> thread about upgrading to 64bit, but many suggested that it would not
>> improve the performance much :(
>> Should I compile after upgrading ?
>>
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>
> it should be for both 32 and 64 bit
>


Hmm, I think so, the compilation should fail if not :)
What's about firefox-qt ? Is it worth installing it ?

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