Thinking it through, if cordova platforms are deps of the CLI, to install a specific version you wouldn't just do: > npm install -g [email protected]
you would actually need to: > cd $(npm config get prefix)/lib/node_modules/cordova > npm install --save [email protected] ..and then remember to do that again whenever you `npm update -g` ..and its harder to have multiple platform versions for different projects (questionable if this is useful for devs outside of cordova contributors, but may be useful at last test upgrades when we ship new platform versions). -Michal On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Brian LeRoux <[email protected]> wrote: > NIH: not invented here > > > > On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 10:17 AM, Andrew Grieve <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 12:19 PM, Brian LeRoux <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Actually that was >0 LOC which is a fine argument if you ask me. And we > > > both know there is much more to it than just that. lazy_load…for > example. > > > > > > If you're concerned about code, there is a tonne of much lower-hanging > > fruit. > > > > > > > > > > Bundling platforms is bundling a dep that we require to operate. We do > > not > > > require plugins to operate. You cannot build a project without having a > > > platform and, indeed, you probably want more than one. > > > > > I don't require blackberry to create an iOS project. But I do require > some > > plugins. We use "npm cache add" to download plugins, I don't see how > > platforms would not work just as easily. > > > > > > > > > > Agree that we need discreet versioning: hence why I'm advocating we use > > > well understood, maintained, and effectively standard system for doing > > > this. We do not need NIH dependencies that is what package.json is for! > > > > > > > I don't know what NIH dependencies are. Googling suggests you're talking > > about drugs... > > > > We *are* using npm for downloading, we're just not making the user type > it > > directly. > > > > Mark's approach also avoids the "what-if" cases where what's in your > > node_modules might not match what's in your platforms/ > > > > Does what Mark has implemented not address a use-case of yours? Or are we > > going back & forth over personal preference? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 9:07 AM, Andrew Grieve <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Brian LeRoux <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Andrew, you misunderstand. I am talking about bundling platforms > > > directly > > > > > as dependencies of the CLI. > > > > > > > > > > A trivial example: > > > > > > > > > > CLI > > > > > '-ios > > > > > > > > > > Wherein, CLI declares the precise version of the platform it uses. > We > > > > could > > > > > wildcard. I don't know that we want or need to do that. > > > > > > > > > > It would have identical semantics to today except the download > > penalty > > > > > happens up front. (We can remove lazy_load logic. We don't have to > > > > maintain > > > > > our own dependency manifests and caches. LESS code: good thing.) > > > > > > > > > > > > > Let me paste the code for doing our own caching for you: > > > > > > > > cordova_npm: function lazy_load_npm(platform) { > > > > if (!(platform in platforms)) { > > > > return Q.reject(new Error('Cordova library "' + platform > + > > '" > > > > not recognized.')); > > > > } > > > > var pkg = 'cordova-' + platform + '@' + > > > > platforms[platform].version; > > > > return Q.nfcall( npm.load, {cache: > path.join(util.libDirectory, > > > > 'npm_cache') }) > > > > .then(function() { > > > > return Q.ninvoke(npm.commands, 'cache', ['add', pkg]); > > > > }).then(function(info) { > > > > var pkgDir = path.resolve(npm.cache, info.name, > > > info.version, > > > > 'package'); > > > > return pkgDir; > > > > }); > > > > }, > > > > > > > > There's really no "amount of code" argument here. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Adding platforms at a specific version would mean having a specific > > > > version > > > > > of the CLI. Yes: this is way better! Explicit dependencies is the > > best > > > > way > > > > > to work w/ the small modules thing. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Bundling platforms with CLI would be like bundling all of the plugins > > > with > > > > CLI, or like bundling every npm module with npm. > > > > > > > > Devs need to be able to try out platforms at different versions. We > > > should > > > > not do anything that keeps users clinging to old versions of CLI > (e.g. > > > they > > > > do this now because they don't want to update to new platforms) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 7:34 PM, Michal Mocny <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 10:14 PM, Andrew Grieve < > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Here's both flows as I understand them: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Direct NPM flow: > > > > > > > # Downloads platform source into node_modules > > > > > > > npm install [email protected] --save > > > > > > > # Runs the create script and installs plugins to create > > > platforms/ios > > > > > > > cordova platform add ios --path=node_modules/cordova-ios > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To be fair, I think with Brian's suggestion, platform add FOO > would > > > by > > > > > > default look in node_modules so you wouldn't be explicit about > it, > > > and > > > > > also > > > > > > the default cordova project package.json would depend on all the > > > latest > > > > > > versions of each platform, so the flows would actually be: > > > > > > > cordova create Foo && cd Foo > > > > > > > npm install > > > > > > > npm install [email protected] --save > > > > > > > cordova platform add android > > > > > > > cordova platform add ios > > > > > > > # crazy idea? use npm post-install hooks to auto-run > > create/upgrade > > > > so > > > > > > you usually don't need above two lines? > > > > > > > > > > > > Compared to: > > > > > > > cordova create Foo && cd Foo > > > > > > > cordova platform add android > > > > > > > cordova platform add [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > I think #2 is enough better that its not worth changing. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Cordova-to-npm flow (as Mark's implemented): > > > > > > > # Runs "npm cache add cordova-ios", then runs create script > from > > > > > > > ~/cache/cordova-ios/bin/create > > > > > > > cordova platform add [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - In both flows: we use npm to do all of the heavy lifting > > > > > > > - In both flows: the npm module is cached in your home > directory > > > > > > > - In both flows?: we store the plugins & platforms explicitly > > > within > > > > > > > config.xml (Gorkem's added this) > > > > > > > - In flow #1, we have a package.json & a node_modules, in #2 we > > > > don't. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Why put the onus on the user to fetch the platform source when > > it's > > > > as > > > > > > easy > > > > > > > as running "npm cache add" under-the-hood? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In regards to the idea of using require() on platform scripts > > > instead > > > > > of > > > > > > > subshelling: I think this is tangental to the debate of how to > > > fetch > > > > > the > > > > > > > platform. > > > > > > > In regards to using "npm install" directly when using the > plugman > > > > > > workflow: > > > > > > > Sounds good to me. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 6:05 PM, Brian LeRoux <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Eventually, yes. (Sort of how Grunt works now.) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 5:52 PM, Terence M. Bandoian < > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Can multiple versions of a platform be installed > > side-by-side? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -Terence > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 6/2/2014 3:04 PM, Michal Mocny wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> >From original email: "Ideal future CLI uses platforms > just > > > like > > > > > > other > > > > > > > > >> deps. > > > > > > > > >> We lose lazy loading but network and disk is cheap so it > > > wasn't > > > > > > really > > > > > > > > >> important anyhow." > > > > > > > > >> Made me think Brian is proposing adding platforms to cli > > > > > > package.json > > > > > > > > >> dependencies, and you would have a single global install > > > > > > > > >> cordova-platforms. > > > > > > > > >> Then you can override the version with an explicit > install > > > as > > > > he > > > > > > > > >> mentions > > > > > > > > >> "npm i [email protected]". > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> Personally, I think that workflow could work, and has a > few > > > > > > benefits, > > > > > > > > but > > > > > > > > >> I'm not sure that option compares well to the alternative > of > > > > just > > > > > > lazy > > > > > > > > >> loading using npm cache add as Mark has already > implemented > > an > > > > > > > > experiment > > > > > > > > >> (anyone interested in this topic should take a look at > that > > > > > patch). > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> The steps Brian & Ian outline about how to package > platforms > > > for > > > > > > > release > > > > > > > > >> to > > > > > > > > >> npm are possibly an improvement over the old-style > > > > > platform-centric > > > > > > > > >> workflow. Instead of downloading a tarball and running a > > > create > > > > > > > script, > > > > > > > > >> you npm install and run a create() function, and that can > > more > > > > > > easily > > > > > > > be > > > > > > > > >> bundled into other build scripts/boilerplate. For CLI > > > workflow, > > > > > not > > > > > > > > sure > > > > > > > > >> that there is any real difference (as Jesse says). One > > note, > > > > > > though: > > > > > > > > >> cordova-* platforms are templates for projects, so the > > > > > > package.json > > > > > > > of > > > > > > > > >> the > > > > > > > > >> npm package itself shouldn't end up inside projects that > are > > > > > created > > > > > > > > with > > > > > > > > >> it. I think. > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> -Michal > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 3:42 PM, Ian Clelland < > > > > > > [email protected]> > > > > > > > > >> wrote: > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> There seems to be some confusion -- I think people are > > > talking > > > > > > about > > > > > > > > >>> different things here, but perhaps it's just me ;) > > > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > > >>> I thought that Brian's original suggestion was about > being > > > able > > > > > to > > > > > > > host > > > > > > > > >>> Cordova platforms directly on NPM. That's why each one > > would > > > > > > require > > > > > > > a > > > > > > > > >>> package.json. (which would probably end up in > > > > > > > > >>> <project>/platforms/<platform> in a project, but that's > not > > > the > > > > > > point > > > > > > > > of > > > > > > > > >>> it). > > > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > > >>> As an NPM project, we then would have the opportunity > > (though > > > > not > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > >>> obligation) to make all of the supporting scripts for > each > > > > > platform > > > > > > > > >>> (create, build, run, etc) part of the node module, for a > > > > uniform > > > > > > > > >>> interface > > > > > > > > >>> that doesn't require going through the command line. > > > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > > >>> It's not about making platforms into CLI dependencies > (any > > > more > > > > > > than > > > > > > > > >>> plugins are CLI dependencies right now), or about making > a > > > > > > > > cordova-based > > > > > > > > >>> project into a node package. > > > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > > >>> If that's right, then I support that -- I'd like the > > > platforms > > > > to > > > > > > be > > > > > > > > >>> installable through npm, and to be versioned separately, > > > > > > installable > > > > > > > > >>> separately, and scriptable without having to spawn > > subshells. > > > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > > >>> And if I have it completely wrong, then let me know -- > I'll > > > > just > > > > > go > > > > > > > > back > > > > > > > > >>> to > > > > > > > > >>> fixing File bugs ;) > > > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > > >>> On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 3:29 PM, Andrew Grieve < > > > > > > [email protected]> > > > > > > > > >>> wrote: > > > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > > >>> Not sure what your question is. > > > > > > > > >>>> > > > > > > > > >>>> > > > > > > > > >>>> On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 2:03 PM, Brian LeRoux < > [email protected]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > >>>> > > > > > > > > >>>> *ahem > > > > > > > > >>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>> On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 11:20 AM, Brian LeRoux < > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > >>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>> npm i [email protected] > > > > > > > > >>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>> Right? > > > > > > > > >>>>>> On May 27, 2014 11:06 PM, "Andrew Grieve" < > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>> wrote: > > > > > > > > >>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>> Lazy loading is what will give us the ability to > support > > > > > multiple > > > > > > > > >>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>> versions > > > > > > > > >>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>> of platforms. > > > > > > > > >>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>>> If we don't support users choosing the version of the > > > > > platform > > > > > > > they > > > > > > > > >>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>> want, > > > > > > > > >>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>> then they will resist updating their version of CLI > > (like > > > > they > > > > > > do > > > > > > > > >>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>> right > > > > > > > > >>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>> now). > > > > > > > > >>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>>> I'm very keen to allow users to chose their platform > > > > > versions, > > > > > > > just > > > > > > > > >>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>> as > > > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > > >>>> they > > > > > > > > >>>>>>> are able to choose their plugin versions. > > > > > > > > >>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>>> On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 5:57 PM, Mark Koudritsky < > > > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > >>>>>>> wrote: > > > > > > > > >>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>>> +1 > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> Steve published (some of?) the platforms on npm as > > part > > > of > > > > > the > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>>> latest > > > > > > > > >>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>> release. > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> https://www.npmjs.org/package/cordova-android > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> https://www.npmjs.org/package/cordova-ios > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> CLI already require()s npm for downloading plugins > > from > > > > the > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>>> registry. > > > > > > > > >>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>> Extending this to platforms is on my todo list for > > > this\next > > > > > > week. > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> The "lazy" part of the loading was about caching, so > > we > > > > > don't > > > > > > > lose > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>>> it > > > > > > > > >>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>> since > > > > > > > > >>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> npm does its own caching. > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 5:42 PM, Parashuram > Narasimhan > > > (MS > > > > > > OPEN > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>>> TECH) > > > > > > > > >>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>> < > > > > > > > > >>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> +1. This will also be a step towards releasing > > > platforms > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> independently. > > > > > > > > >>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> Will the CLI have a semver like dependency on the > > > platform > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> specified > > > > > > > > >>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>> somewhere ? Would the cli have to require('npm') and do > > the > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> install? > > > > > > > > >>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>> -----Original Message----- > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> From: [email protected] [mailto: > > > > > [email protected]] > > > > > > > On > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> Behalf > > > > > > > > >>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> Of > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> Brian LeRoux > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 2:20 PM > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> To: [email protected] > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> Subject: adding platforms to npm for dependency > > sanity > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> We've discussed this but I'm not sure the whole > idea > > > has > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> crystalized. > > > > > > > > >>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>> My > > > > > > > > >>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> proposal (based on previous discussions) below. I'll > > use > > > > iOS > > > > > > as > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> an > > > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > > >>>> example > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> but this applies to all platforms supported by the > > CLI. > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> First, we'd add two files: > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> cordova-ios > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> |-package.json > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> '-index.js > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> …I don't think I need to describe the utility of > > > > > package.json > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> but > > > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > > >>>> index.js > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> would expose programatic library apis: > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> module.exports = { create:Function, run:Function, > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> build:Function, > > > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > > >>>> clean:Function, log:Function} > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> We then publish to npm. That is it for now. Ideal > > > future > > > > > CLI > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> uses > > > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > > >>>> platforms just like other deps. We lose lazy loading but > > > > network > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> and > > > > > > > > >>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>> disk > > > > > > > > >>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> is cheap so it wasn't really important anyhow. > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> Discuss! > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
