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- Carlos Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 1, 2015, at 5:38 PM, Raymond Camden <[email protected]> wrote: > > Oh sorry - well - I brought it up in an issue report for Ionic. > They've got a few different ways of handling this, and I thought it > might make sense to mention the Cordova Merges feature too. I was > asked if it was possibly going away, hence me asking the Powers that > Be here. (Wait, I think I'm one of those Powers...) > >> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 4:32 PM, Carlos Santana <[email protected]> wrote: >> Ok I agree for simple use case is very simple to drop files in merges. Which >> is the use case for visual studio template. >> >> Just curious on why an open ended question? >> >> It will be the same as me asking "Is hooks as a Feature going away?" With >> not other context. >> >> What prompted you to ask a the random question? >> >> Did someone told you that merges is going away? >> >> - Carlos >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Sep 1, 2015, at 5:18 PM, Raymond Camden <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Ok, so now we're off my initial question and into a debate. :) >>> >>> I think you are absolutely right - there are more powerful solutions - >>> but that doesn't negate the ease of use of merges. The simplicity of >>> it may be just fine for many use cases. >>> >>> >>>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Carlos Santana <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> If people wants achieve to do what merges do, I recommend hooks or custom >>>> build process (i.e. npm scripts, gulp, grunt, ant, perl, ruby, etc) or >>>> running custom build from hooks. >>>> >>>> There is more flexibility and control thru hooks than merges. >>>> >>>> - Carlos >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>>> On Sep 1, 2015, at 5:04 PM, Raymond Camden <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> K good enough for me. I don't agree with you. ;) >>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 3:25 PM, Carlos Santana <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> In my personal opinion it's not a best practice anymore to use merges. >>>>>> >>>>>> The feature works today if you create a folder "merges" >>>>>> >>>>>> cordova create doesn't create it by default >>>>>> It will not go away, visual studio leverages the "merges" folder in >>>>>> their cordova templates. >>>>>> >>>>>> It will not be remove or deprecated, and at the same time will not be >>>>>> highlighted as a main Cordova "F"eature >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> - Carlos >>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sep 1, 2015, at 3:34 PM, Raymond Camden <[email protected]> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> That's not what I'm asking though. What I'm asking is - as a "Feature" >>>>>>> (capital F ;) of Cordova, is it something that is going away? >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 11:07 AM, Carlos Santana <[email protected]> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> For mfp cordova it's not needed, there are modern ways of achieving >>>>>>>> this. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> In cordova you can use hooks and merges >>>>>>>> More advance users can use their build tooling like grunt, gulp, etc. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> - Carlos >>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Sep 1, 2015, at 11:54 AM, Raymond Camden <[email protected]> >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Just a quick question - is merges as a feature going away? I haven't >>>>>>>>> seen anything about that here, but just checking. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> =========================================================================== >>>>>>>>> Raymond Camden, Developer Advocate for MobileFirst at IBM >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Email : [email protected] >>>>>>>>> Blog : www.raymondcamden.com >>>>>>>>> Twitter: raymondcamden >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>>>> 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] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> =========================================================================== >>>>>>> Raymond Camden, Developer Advocate for MobileFirst at IBM >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Email : [email protected] >>>>>>> Blog : www.raymondcamden.com >>>>>>> Twitter: raymondcamden >>>>>>> >>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>> 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] >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> =========================================================================== >>>>> Raymond Camden, Developer Advocate for MobileFirst at IBM >>>>> >>>>> Email : [email protected] >>>>> Blog : www.raymondcamden.com >>>>> Twitter: raymondcamden >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> 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] >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> =========================================================================== >>> Raymond Camden, Developer Advocate for MobileFirst at IBM >>> >>> Email : [email protected] >>> Blog : www.raymondcamden.com >>> Twitter: raymondcamden >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> 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] > > > > -- > =========================================================================== > Raymond Camden, Developer Advocate for MobileFirst at IBM > > Email : [email protected] > Blog : www.raymondcamden.com > Twitter: raymondcamden > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >
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