The linked ARM wiki docs are obsolete, and will soon be unnecessary.
Additionally, the "processor" requirement is entirely redundant since we
support all processors compatible with macOS 10.12 or later.
Differential Revision: https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D107098
* Puts the docs in order, so that contributors aren't jumping to the
middle of the page to install system tools, then back to the top to
clone Firefox.
* Removes docs on MacPorts since it's being removed in bug 1688263.
* Removes step to manually install brew packages since that happens
automatically in bootstrap now.
* Simplifies mercurial installation docs
* Removes unnecessary mozconfig-tweaking instructions
* Removes almost-always-unnecessary DEFINE and troubleshooting
information.
Differential Revision: https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D102973
This is a requirement anyway, and the bootstrap script will yell at you if it can't find `hg` (or `git`, if it's necessary), but we can be more specific about this requirement here so people don't waste any more time than necessary.
Differential Revision: https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D90172
Today the docs tell you to directly clone `mozilla-central`, which is a weird departure from what we do in the other per-platform documents for no real reason. Instead, reference the standalone `bootstrap.py` script as we do for Linux and macOS.
Also, do a little scan and replace references to `mozilla-central` with `mozilla-unified` where appropriate.
Differential Revision: https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D88051
`bootstrap` won't be able to install them for you forever (and it isn't really properly capable of installing it for you at this very moment), and installing Python 3 as well as Python 2 is increasingly non-trivial on arbitrary OS'es, so we need to document things properly here.
Specific guidance on how to use `brew` to install Python 2 on macOS is included here. I also go into more depth on the situation on Linux and explicitly point people to the existence of `pyenv` with basic usage information, which should fill in the gaps left by the OS package managers.
Also, update some documentation to prefer the `python3` binary to the `python` binary (which is often Python 2), and fix some broken links.
Differential Revision: https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D82611
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Tooru Fujisawa
byron jones
Mitchell Hentges
Daniel Le
Stephen A Pohl
Sylvestre Ledru
Ricky Stewart
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