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A comment on Cobalt – a stripped down Chromium for apps, Linux and embedded systems.

Re:Cobalt – a stripped down Chromium for apps, Linux and emb... by Spasnof on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @12:51AM (#33715712)
I couldn't find it anywhere on the docs or in a few google searches. What is a porter? and how does it differ from a developer?

I understand the general concept of porting (ie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porting) but never heard of it as a specialization. Also what might people be porting from? If this intended as a migration guide.

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Re:Cobalt – a stripped down Chromium for apps, Linux and emb... by telotortium on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @05:27AM (#33717403)
Porters would be porting the codebase to run on a new OS by implementing the functions in the abstraction layer that Cobalt uses for OS-specific code.
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