There are several ways you can access the source code available from
mozilla.org.
- FTP.
You can download the source from our FTP server.
Details are on the Download page.
Source drops to the FTP server occur regularly, on a schedule which
has not yet been decided (possibly weekly, possibly monthly.)
- CVS.
You can check out the source using CVS. If you are doing active
development, this is the preferred method, as it lets you get up-to-the
minute changes. Details are on our CVS page.
- LXR.
You can browse the up-to-the-minute latest version of the source code
online, through a massively-hyperlinked source code browser that
lets you cross-reference function and variable names. Check out
the Mozilla
Cross-Reference page for details.
- Bonsai.
Bonsai is tree control (get it?) It is our our home-grown web-based tool
for watching the up-to-the-minute goings-on in our CVS repository (viewing
checkins and log messages, reading diffs, etc.) Check out the
Bonsai page for details.
- Tinderbox.
Tinderbox is for knowing when the tree is in flames. It is our our
home-grown web-based tool for watching the progress of the continuous
builds that we run on multiple platforms. It is how we are able to tell
when a checkin has broken the build on some platform, and how we know
which person needs to be viciously flogged. See the
Tinderbox page for more.