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Build System Patches

Patches in this category focus on altering the build system by removing unnecessary dependencies, fixing build issues, or optimizing the build flow to ensure successful compilation and better reproducibility.

Patches

Allow overriding the build date

Allows devs to override the build date.

Reason
To ensure consistent build dates for all variants of IronFox.
Effect
Ensures that the build dates are consistent for all variants of IronFox, in order to prevent unexpected version code issues.

Ensure builds always reflect our (latest) changes

Ensures that builds of GeckoView binaries always reflect our (latest) changes.

Reason
To ensure that our GeckoView binaries are always packaged as intended.
Effect
Ensures that our GeckoView binaries are always packaged as intended.

Remove Unwanted Example/Sample Dependencies

Prevents building and configuring unnecessary/unwanted example/sample libraries.

Reason
Allows for faster builds, with less overhead.
Effect
Reduces build-time, and reduces the complexity of the overall build process.

Support Enterprise Policies

Adds support for, and configures a set of, enterprise policies for GeckoView.

Reason
Allows for additional control/configuration of the browsing behavior.
Effect
Allows users to take advantage of additional customizations, and helps to provide a superior browsing experience.