I agree with all of your points. I just think that it doesn't make sense to break plugins for Android only in 1.5.0. Let's get everyone using common JS for 1.6.0 then break plugins for everyone :)
Simon Mac Donald http://hi.im/simonmacdonald On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 5:36 PM, Filip Maj <f...@adobe.com> wrote: > The "plugins" global makes me cringe - adding "PhoneGap" for compatibility > makes sense but I'd like to see us plan to phase that out in the next few > point releases. Accompany with a couple blog posts / guides on upgrading > and what is changing and we should be good. > > On 3/5/12 12:19 PM, "Simon MacDonald" <simon.macdon...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>Hey all, >> >>I added a couple of methods (addConstructor, addPlugin) into the >>common-js code and created a variable PhoneGap that points to cordova. >>This way all existing plugins that work on Android should be able to >>work without changes to their JS. >> >>I deleted the current 1.5.0 tag and retagged with my latest commit >>being the head. >> >>https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=incubator-cordova-android.git;a= >>commit;h=8923e52a5ed5e9ea4c3c5f7ed49400cac668a4d6 >> >>If Steve wants to re-generate the release with that tag it would be >>for the best. >> >>Simon Mac Donald >>http://hi.im/simonmacdonald >> >> >> >>On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Bryce Curtis <curtis.br...@gmail.com> >>wrote: >>> There is a critical bug with maintaining compatibility for non-core >>>plugins >>> for Android that we have a fix for. Simon will be dropping it today, >>>and >>> I'd like to get that in to release 1.5. IMHO compatibility makes sense >>>to >>> maintain until all platforms migrate to cordova-js. >>> >>> Regarding 1.5.0 as an Apache release. Do we know how close we are? If >>> it's only a few days - then I would vote for finishing those items that >>>are >>> holding up an official release. I really want 1.6.0 to be a robust >>> official release, so would have more confidence if we can get 1.5.0 >>> official. What is the list of items required to be official? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Bryce >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 1:10 PM, Steven Gill <stevengil...@gmail.com> >>>wrote: >>> >>>> Hey Guys, >>>> >>>> I haven't got much input about if this release is an acceptable apache >>>> release. I figure this will take some time still and we should get 1.5 >>>>out >>>> today. If there are no objections, I am going to release 1.5 today as >>>>a non >>>> apache release (our usual method) and say we aim for 1.6 to be an >>>>apache >>>> release. This will give us more time to review 1.5 with our mentors >>>>and be >>>> ready for 1.6. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> -Steve >>>> >>>> On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 8:04 PM, Steve Gill <stevengil...@gmail.com> >>>>wrote: >>>> >>>> > Drop box is only for use between the list. I'm hoping to get it in >>>>the >>>> > apache servers for distribution, or github if that doesn't work out. >>>> > >>>> > I will take another read through that. >>>> > >>>> > -Steve >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > On Mar 3, 2012, at 6:46 PM, Patrick Mueller <pmue...@gmail.com> >>>>wrote: >>>> > >>>> > > On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 19:05, Steven Gill <stevengil...@gmail.com> >>>> > wrote: >>>> > > >>>> > >> I have placed these files on my dropbox for now. >>>> > >> >>>> > > >>>> > > We'll have to find something better than Dropbox, I assume. >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > >> Please review them before we move them and make them public. >>>> > >> >>>> > >> Jukka, let us know if these files are correct according to >>>>Apache. I >>>> > have a >>>> > >> KEYS file in the zip that contains my public key. If we wanted to >>>>make >>>> > this >>>> > >> the first Apache release, what other changes would we need? >>>> > >> >>>> > > >>>> > > Have you read >>>> http://incubator.apache.org/guides/releasemanagement.htmlyet? >>>> > > >>>> > > I've just started, for weinre. >>>> > > >>>> > > So, one obvious thing is that the distribution files need to have >>>> > > "incubating" in the name. I noticed a whole bunch of issues when >>>> reading >>>> > > the file, was going to create a check-list for weinre on the wiki >>>>for >>>> > > things I needed to 'fix'. >>>> > > >>>> > > -- >>>> > > Patrick Mueller >>>> > > http://muellerware.org >>>> > >>>> >
