I would vote for standardizing on node for all our scripts
On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 8:54 AM, Filip Maj <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, node is already a dependency for the CLI, so why not roll with that > for cross-platform goodness. > > On 1/21/13 7:24 AM, "Andrew Grieve" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >Yep, I was mostly thinking about Android with this question. There's > >really > >two aspects that it would simplify: > > > >1. Our documentation would not have to worry about windows vs. unix > >2. Our scripts (and upgrade scripts) won't have to be written twice. > >Although maybe if we are making node a requirement (due to CLI yes?) then > >writing them in node would save us writing them twice. Still, they would > >need to be tested & tweaks for windows I would assume. > > > >I'm totally fine keeping things as-is. Just thought the question had to be > >raised :) > > > > > > > >On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 12:54 AM, Kerri Shotts > ><[email protected]>wrote: > > > >> Yes, please! Descriptive errors would go a long way to making the > >> tools easier to use. At least it would point at a specific reason for > >> failure vs the current vague message. > >> > >> ______________________________ > >> Kerri Shotts > >> photoKandy Studios LLC > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >> ๐ฑ Phone: +1 (312) 380-1035 > >> ๐ Web: http://photokandy.com > >> > >> Twitter: @photokandy > >> > >> On Jan 20, 2013, at 22:14, Simon MacDonald <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > >> > -1 > >> > > >> > We should just make the windows scripts work better. Needs more > >> descriptive > >> > failures when something is not setup correctly. > >> > > >> > Simon Mac Donald > >> > http://hi.im/simonmacdonald > >> > > >> > > >> > On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 2:26 PM, Anis KADRI <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > > >> >> -1 > >> >> > >> >> I (and most people) just want to get going and don't like > >>dependencies. > >> >> We're already requiring nodejs for a lot of the stuff we do. > >> >> > >> >> If you're referring to the Android windows scripts. I believe they > >>work > >> >> fine. If there are any issues with them, people should report them > >>just > >> as > >> >> they would report any other issue. > >> >> > >> >> There is one outstanding issue on Windows that I will fix next week. > >> >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-1961 > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 10:35 AM, Kerri Shotts < > [email protected] > >> >>> wrote: > >> >> > >> >>> Just my 2ยข: people are already complaining about the number of parts > >> that > >> >>> need to be installed -- do we really want to add yet another? I > >>realize > >> >> it > >> >>> would make the scripts easier, but the more moving (third party) > >>parts > >> >> that > >> >>> have to be installed prior to using PhoneGap (especially those that > >> >> aren't > >> >>> required for the platform's SDK), the higher the barrier to entry. > >>(But > >> >>> then again, maybe that's a good thing...?) > >> >>> > >> >>> ___________________________________ > >> >>> Kerri Shotts > >> >>> photoKandy Studios, LLC > >> >>> > >> >>> On the Web: http://www.photokandy.com/ > >> >>> > >> >>> Social Media: > >> >>> Twitter: @photokandy, http://twitter.com/photokandy > >> >>> Tumblr: http://photokandy.tumblr.com/ > >> >>> Github: https://github.com/kerrishotts > >> >> https://github.com/organizations/photokandyStudios > >> >>> CoderWall: https://coderwall.com/kerrishotts > >> >>> > >> >>> Apps on the Apple Store: > >> >>> > >> >>> > >>https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/photokandy-studios-llc/id498577828 > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> On Jan 20, 2013, at 8:14, Andrew Grieve <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >>> > >> >>>> I'm sure this has come up some time in the past, but why not > >>require > >> >>> cygwin > >> >>>> so that our scripts will work on windows? Cygwin has been a > >> requirement > >> >>> of > >> >>>> most of the windows projects I've worked on in the past (when at > >> >>> different > >> >>>> companies). > >> >> > >> > >
