[arch-general] Compiling Firefox

[Allan McRae]

On 31/05/10 13:23, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote:
> On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 8:51 AM, Jeffrey Lynn Parke Jr.
> <jeffrey.parke at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 10:15 PM, Nilesh Govindarajan<lists at itech7.com>wrote:
>>
>>> 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 ?
>>>>
>>>> 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 ?
>>>
>> that's a firefox port for the qt toolkit, as opposed to the regular gtk one.
>>
>
> I know that, but is it worth installing ?
>

Surely you can decide yourself.