Oh and one thing why did we not rename ctx to something else like ci or whatever ? Something that doesn't make one believe it's a Context ? Because it is no longer a Context.
On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Joe Bowser <bows...@gmail.com> wrote: > Right. That being said, PhoneGap/Cordova users shouldn't be using > plugins and expecting things to just work right now. It's an > experimental feature that isn't ready for primetime. Especially since > pluginstall isn't officially released. > > Also, PhoneGap Build people should be on this list and should know > that plugins aren't 100% solid yet and plan accordingly. We haven't > told anyone that plugins are solid yet, and while evangelists may be > trying to promote what can be done, we have to still caution people > for the next few weeks that plugins in 1.x are still a bit janky. > > Good thing we're doing this 2.0 thing. ;) > > On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Anis KADRI <anis.ka...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am not worried about Plugin developers, more worried about > > Cordova/PhoneGap users to whom we promise that they don't need to touch > any > > "native" code ;-) > > > > On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Joe Bowser <bows...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Remember, Plugin Developers are competent enough to write Java code. > >> I'm not talking about the average Cordova User when I say this. > >> > >> On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Joe Bowser <bows...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > That's fine. The fact is that we've beat this horse to death for six > >> > months on this mailing list, in JIRA and on GitHub. If people have an > >> > issue with it now, they should have been more involved. > >> > > >> > Joe > >> > > >> > On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 2:26 PM, Anis KADRI <anis.ka...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> >> Just spoke with Steve. He will inform users about this in his release > >> blog > >> >> post. That's the least we can do. > >> >> > >> >> On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 2:21 PM, Jesse <purplecabb...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> >> > >> >>> I think you should put the date that you deprecate it, not the date > >> that > >> >>> you expect to remove it ... or the version number that it is > >> deprecated in. > >> >>> We have no idea what will happen between now and December ... there > >> may be > >> >>> a reason that we need to remove it sooner. ( although our published > >> >>> deprecation policy should state that we 'intend' to keep it around > for > >> 6 > >> >>> months, we should NOT guarantee that it will be there for 6 months. > ) > >> >>> > >> >>> Typically I view deprecation notices as 'Do Not Resuscitate' > >> >>> if keeping it around becomes more work than letting it go ... then > let > >> it > >> >>> go ... > >> >>> > >> >>> On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Joe Bowser <bows...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> >>> > >> >>> > Yeah, Simon added it earlier, but then I realized that plugins are > >> >>> > probably already using this method, which is why I added the > >> >>> > "Deprecated December 2012" message on it. > >> >>> > > >> >>> > As far as pre-1.8 versions of PhoneGap, where we provided a > context > >> >>> > (in reality a PhoneGapActivity, which extended Activity, which > >> extends > >> >>> > Context), I don't know of a good way to deprecate this without > making > >> >>> > CordovaWebView completely unusable. The thing with these methods > is > >> >>> > that we decided to remove these methods before the deprecation > >> policy, > >> >>> > and I don't want to see them back in there for another six months. > >> >>> > > >> >>> > This is total Java Language Fail! > >> >>> > > >> >>> > Joe > >> >>> > > >> >>> > On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 12:14 PM, Brian LeRoux <b...@brian.io> > wrote: > >> >>> > > thx mang, thats a good idea for the moment. > >> >>> > > > >> >>> > > On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Joe Bowser <bows...@gmail.com > > > >> >>> wrote: > >> >>> > >> BTW: I added it back with this commit: > >> >>> > >> > >> >>> > > >> >>> > >> > https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=incubator-cordova-android.git;a=commit;h=58298404094c81561cf4e01b7c4397638584961b > >> >>> > >> > >> >>> > >> On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 11:21 AM, Joe Bowser < > bows...@gmail.com> > >> >>> wrote: > >> >>> > >>> Hey > >> >>> > >>> > >> >>> > >>> 1.9 is close to being released, but currently plugins that use > >> >>> > >>> ctx.getContext() are broken. Since we changed how a > >> CordovaInterface > >> >>> > >>> works on Android in 1.9, I'm wondering if we should add the > >> >>> > >>> addContext() method back on the Interface with a deprecation > >> warning > >> >>> > >>> or just tell plugin authors that if they aren't active on the > >> mailing > >> >>> > >>> list that their plugins are going to break. Personally, I > don't > >> want > >> >>> > >>> to have more methods on the CordovaInterface, because it makes > >> >>> > >>> CordovaWebView harder to use, but this will break plugins > across > >> the > >> >>> > >>> board. > >> >>> > >>> > >> >>> > >>> Thoughts? > >> >>> > >>> > >> >>> > >>> Joe > >> >>> > > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> -- > >> >>> @purplecabbage > >> >>> risingj.com > >> >>> > >> >
