But I guess the immediate question is do we want to make this change for 1.5 or publicize we are making the change for a future release? Does this need to go with a vote?
Simon Mac Donald http://hi.im/simonmacdonald On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 5:27 PM, Filip Maj <f...@adobe.com> wrote: > This is a good discussion to have. Blindly following a spec never gets you > 100% where you want to go. > > Instead: what are reasonable storage options that as a developer using > cordova you would like to see? Once that is decided on, define a simple > spec for each of the options. > > So for the first question, in my mind having an idea of a "temporary" > storage space - like Joe said, volatile memory - and "persistent" seem > like two good options. > > Then, for simple constraints around the two options: > > To me, persistent is: data that I write to a persistent location is > available across device restarts and will not be removed unless my > application explicitly removes it (barring exceptional circumstances such > as a device factory reset). The Android "Jail" is, for me, a good > candidate to be considered the persistent storage location. A removable > storage type such as an SD or media card is, in my mind, not a candidate > to "persistent" storage. > > For temporary storage, the restrictions are much less. Figuring out any > minimum time frames for how long a temporary storage location exists seems > important. Should temporary storage be guaranteed across device restarts? > Probably not. What about across application restarts? I'm not sure - I > would say no, not guaranteed. Within an application session? I think so. > > Etc. etc. :) > >
