Github user alsorokin commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/cordova-paramedic/pull/18#discussion_r92348958
--- Diff: lib/appium/AppiumRunner.js ---
@@ -102,6 +102,24 @@ function getConfigPath(appPath) {
return path.join(appPath, 'config.xml');
}
+function installAppiumServer() {
+ /*
+ * We install appium in this counter-intuitive way at runtime in order
to
+ * not trigger massive dependency downloads via `npm install` for
autotest
+ * execution. Installing appium only happens in the local-running
case, and
+ * thus is not needed in our CI system. By using this method, we save
the CI
+ * a lot of time.
+ * ALTERNATIVE: what if paramedic dependencies were installed via `npm
install
+ * --production`, and appium was stuffed into `devDependencies`. That
should
+ * also prevent this problem?
--- End diff --
That is certainly a viable option, but I'm still reluctant to do so because
paramedic is used not only in CI, but also by people who want to test things
quickly and they would certainly run `npm i` and not `npm i --production` and
end up with extra 5 minutes of installation and 250MB of dependencies which are
not used in most cases. Not to mention various npm installation issues...
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