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Should we start calling it Servo by Linux now?
What's the connection to Linux?
(through that's all there is to it, calling it "by Linux" would still be misguided I think as the foundation is named after Linux and not the other way around)
I haven’t been following Servo closely for the last few years (I’d looked at it during its early days). I recall that parts of it were already integrated into Firefox, but could someone state what percentage of the Firefox engine is based out of Servo and what the roadmap is for bringing Servo to a stage where it could almost replace Gecko? Does this new home for Servo (and detachment from Mozilla) still mean that Fi…
This is fantastic news. Servo has been doing exciting work, and it was disappointing to hear that Mozilla had disbanded the Servo team. I'm really excited to see where this will go. Will improvements from Servo continue to make their way down into Firefox?
Unlikely.
Awesome news! The world needs another prominent browser engine that browser vendors would want to use, and detaching Servo from Mozilla makes it better positioned for that task IMHO. I'm also very happy that work on Webrender continues. I love what you're doing guys!
For what it’s worth, these days WebRender is mostly being worked on by the Firefox graphics team at Mozilla.
Can Servo be used as an Electron replacement?
Awesome! I've been tire kicking their nightlys. I was thinking about building a "browser" but really mean just wrapping an engine. With the shakeup at M I was nervous that Servo would die, it's got a lot of promise. This is great news. Now, thoughts on a UI framework for Rust?
How many paid developers will it have now, and how many did it have at Mozilla?
Can Servo be used as an Electron replacement?
Not yet, there is an embedding API, but it's designed for embedding into native apps. Servo uses Spidermonkey rather than v8 as the JS engine, so integrating into the node ecosystem would be tricky. But it would be nice to see a JS-first runtime system built around Servo!
How many paid developers will it have now, and how many did it have at Mozilla?