Port Servo to FreeBSD by nortti0 · Pull Request #43116 · servo/servo · GitHub

https://github.com/servo/servo/pull/43116

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Port Servo to FreeBSD by nortti0 · Pull Request #43116 · servo/servo

Add the minimum amount of FreeBSD-specific code to Servo, where no platform-neutral fallback exists. Testing: I've succesfully built and run Servo on FreeBSD with these changes (and some fixes ...

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@usul thanks! I haven't thought about Servo for years (not since the Quantum change).

In practical terms, what might be the short- and medium-term results of the merge?

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servo_(software)> | <https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servo_(moteur_de_rendu)>

Servo (software) - Wikipedia

@grahamperrin the ability to run early releases and the ability to run / port browsers running servo. There are 2 I believe, who's name escape me.
Long run it makes the web a platform more open where you'll have more choice than gecko/blink/webkit. The more os it runs on the more people having a choice