implement ICU shared machinery when it becomes mandatory

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ld: bl out of range (-17524756 max is +/-16M) from _MOZ_ReportAssertionFailure 
at 0x049742E8 in __text_cold of ../../xpcom/base/ClearOnShutdown.o to 
_fprintf$LDBL128$stub$island$5 at 0x038BDB20 in __text of  XUL in 
_MOZ_ReportAssertionFailure from ../../xpcom/base/ClearOnShutdown.o
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
gmake[1]: *** [XUL] Error 1

This is very bad.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by [email protected] on 23 Mar 2014 at 7:23

• Blocking: Enable ICU support #304, Saved passwords don't appear in the list, but they work [needs Intl object] #305

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This didn't happen in 26, and ICU is known to bloat the build substantially ( 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=853301 ). Let's build without it.

Original comment by [email protected] on 23 Mar 2014 at 9:13

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OK, that links. So that buys us some time until --with-intl-api becomes 
mandatory (it isn't yet because Android and B2G don't support it either).

Original comment by [email protected] on 23 Mar 2014 at 11:52

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Release builds should be smaller, shouldn't they?
Even if not one can still dynamically link against ICU.

Original comment by [email protected] on 24 Mar 2014 at 5:29

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They should be, but I haven't tried, and I still need a debug build.

Mozilla builds ICU static. They are working on something to spin out the .dat 
file which right now is linked in too, so that could help (right now the Mac 
version has two copies, one for x86 and one for x64, which bloats XUL further).

Original comment by [email protected] on 25 Mar 2014 at 5:20

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And it looks like we're not the only one to hit this with ICU:
http://tug.org/pipermail/tlbuild/2012q1/002109.html

Original comment by [email protected] on 25 Mar 2014 at 5:22

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Well, I take that back. They do still support building a shared ICU; I thought 
it had bitrotted: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=926980

Original comment by [email protected] on 25 Mar 2014 at 1:21

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We want to fix this eventually, but this is no longer critical.

Original comment by [email protected] on 5 Jul 2014 at 1:15

• Added labels: Priority-High
• Removed labels: Priority-Critical

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Original comment by [email protected] on 15 Jun 2015 at 9:25

• Changed title: implement ICU shared machinery when it becomes mandatory
• Added labels: Priority-Medium
• Removed labels: Priority-High

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Original comment by [email protected] on 2 Jul 2015 at 3:48

• Now blocking: Enable ICU support #304

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Original comment by [email protected] on 29 Jul 2015 at 3:57

• Now blocking: Saved passwords don't appear in the list, but they work [needs Intl object] #305

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Also added a stub normalize() for some addons that require it.

Original comment by [email protected] on 29 Jul 2015 at 3:57

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Fixed by issue 304.