Let's just update the README to state that "the battery plugin is a plugin that uses your battery" :)
Only half joking... probably would be minimal effort and enough to just add a warning about this and do nothing more. On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 3:59 PM, Jesse <[email protected]> wrote: > I am suggesting we drop support completely, letting the community take it > over, and we just quietly step back. > Yes it may be relevant on other platforms, but how relevant/important is > it?, and how much is it likely to change? > > > @purplecabbage > risingj.com > > On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 12:45 PM, Joe Bowser <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dropping support for Android was my initial proposal, but I'm fine with > > either. > > > > On Tue, Mar 24, 2015, 12:44 PM Dmitry Blotsky <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Do you mean dropping support only for Android, or dropping the plugin > > > altogether? On some platforms it may still be relevant. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Jesse [mailto:[email protected]] > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 10:31 AM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [Android] Proposal: Deprecate/No-Op Battery Plugin > > > > > > Can we drop our support for the battery plugin entirely? Let the > > community > > > take over if they want it? > > > I would rank it very low in use among our supported plugins, but it > does > > > probably still need to exist. > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mar 24, 2015, at 9:46 AM, Joe Bowser <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hey > > > > > > > > So, right now our current Battery Plugin on Android is actually > > > > considered harmful to devices and shouldn't be used. It seems that > > > > the Chrome team has implemented the Battery Spec in Chromium 38. > This > > > > can be tested with this simple JSBin here: > > > > > > > > http://jsbin.com/battery-status-test > > > > > > > > The problem is that Android WebView on Lollipop that's installable > > > > from the Play Store is at 37, and of course I don't even have to > > > > mention earlier Android versions that we support, some of which don't > > > even support Chromium. > > > > > > > > However, the latest Crosswalk does support the Battery Spec, so we > > > > have two > > > > options: > > > > 1. Implement a plugin for the non-Crosswalk use case, knowing that > > > > it'll be obsolete for Future Android. We always intend to do this, > > > > but this never, ever happens. > > > > 2. We drop support the Battery Plugin for Android since nothing in > > > > this case is better than something that's actively draining your > > battery. > > > > > > > > What do people think of this? > > > > > > > > Joe > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > > > >
