Reduce the size of libevil (xul.dll/libxul.so) #1451

Having a monolithic and huge (60+MB) lib has long since been one of Mozilla's fallacies, especially since embedding isn't possible (which would be the only way to consider trying to make a single lib).
It causes unnecessary complexity for compilers/linkers and makes debugging harder than it needs to be.

Split out ICU data file on all platforms
Split out ICU
Split out minor libraries on Windows/Mac that are already separate on other O.S.es
Split out the media code libraries #61
Split out SpiderMonkey (this has a build issue, see #62 -- might not be easy)

This will also need a check and/or update for the installer, and needs an update for release engineering to make sure additional libs are code-signed on Windows.

Having a monolithic and huge (60+MB) lib has long since been one of Mozilla's fallacies, especially since embedding isn't possible (which would be the only way to consider trying to make a single lib). It causes unnecessary complexity for compilers/linkers and makes debugging harder than it needs to be. - [x] Split out ICU data file on all platforms - [ ] Split out ICU - [ ] Split out minor libraries on Windows/Mac that are already separate on other O.S.es - [ ] Split out the media code libraries #61 - [ ] Split out SpiderMonkey (this has a build issue, see #62 -- might not be easy) This will also need a check and/or update for the installer, and needs an update for release engineering to make sure additional libs are code-signed on Windows.

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Reduce the size of libevil (xul.dll/libxul.so) #1451