I'll follow up today with that. There are a few people who need to sign still.
On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 6:32 PM, Lorin Beer <lorin.beer....@gmail.com> wrote: > This is great stuff! I figured we'd be waiting for a while longer, great to > see this go live! > Tim and I will be going through this right away. > Bryan, I know you are on the > list<https://people.apache.org/committer-index.html#unlistedclas>; has > the rest of your team signed the Apache CLA as well? > > - Lorin > > On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 9:53 AM, Tim Kim <timki...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Awesome! > > > > > > On 6 April 2013 08:16, Ken Wallis <kwal...@blackberry.com> wrote: > > > > > So awesome to see this go live, thanks Bryan. Looking forward to seeing > > > progress towards this being merged into the Apache repos! > > > > > > Sent from my BlackBerry Z10 smartphone. > > > From: Bryan Higgins > > > Sent: Saturday, April 6, 2013 6:42 AM > > > To: dev@cordova.apache.org > > > Reply To: dev@cordova.apache.org > > > Subject: BlackBerry BB10 Repos on GitHub > > > > > > > > > Over the last few weeks, we at BlackBerry WebWorks have been working > on a > > > prototype for a new version of our SDK based on Cordova. I'm happy to > say > > > that we're now able to share our repos publicly! > > > > > > To understand what we've done, you will first need to understand that > > > WebWorks for BB10 is really 3 things: > > > > > > 1. Packager (bbwp) – a set of node scripts to assemble apps from > > source > > > 2. Framework – handles bootstrap, extension loading, exec calls, > > events > > > 3. Extensions – all of the APIs. Similar to cordova plugins, but > > > included in the SDK rather than directly in the project. > > > > > > All of this is built on top of the "web platform" - a layer on top of > > > WebKit which exposes device APIs. We plan to document this layer and > > > provide instructions on how to build a web platform app using only the > > NDK. > > > > > > For those wanting a rich set of APIs, we will provide a Cordova build > > along > > > with a set of custom plugins for platform features. > > > > > > To get to that world, we need to move some logic from the packager and > > > framework into Cordova. This will really simplify the exec chain and > ease > > > plugin development. > > > > > > Old world: > > > Plugin script > cordova.exec > WebWorks extension > webworks.exec > web > > > platform / native > > > > > > New world: > > > Plugin script > cordova.exec > web platform / native > > > > > > All of our repos are up at github.com/blackberry. Here's a quick > summary > > > of > > > what we have done so far. > > > > > > https://github.com/blackberry/cordova-blackberry > > > > > > * split out BB10 from BBOS/PlayBook > > > * Re-implemented cordova create, build and run in node, using libs > > from > > > our packager > > > * Introduced "target" script for managing device and simulator > > > configuration > > > * Started the process of converting core plugins from wrappers to > > > calling web platform directly > > > > > > https://github.com/blackberry/cordova-js > > > > > > * Created blackberry10 as a top level platform > > > * Added some bootstrap, exec and event logic from our Framework > > > * Started the process of removing the wrappers (at which point > > > cordova.exec and webworks.exec are merged and webworks events will go > > away) > > > > > > https://github.com/blackberry/cordova-plugman > > > > > > * Copy "controller" code (index.js) and native .so files into the > > > project > > > * Implemented our prototype of script injection (wrapping > js-modules > > in > > > cordova.define and generating plugins.json). > > > > > > https://github.com/blackberry/cordova-cli > > > > > > * Minor changes to support splitting out BB10 from BBOS > > > > > > https://github.com/blackberry/cordova-blackberry-plugins (not yet > > public,) > > > > > > * Plugins for BB10 platform features > > > > > > I know this is a lot of dump on the list at once, but Jeff and I are > here > > > to answer any questions or concerns. Now that the repos are live we'd > > like > > > to start a discussion on getting the code into Apache. We've got a > small > > > team here working on this (intros to come) and everyone is excited to > > start > > > working with the community. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Bryan > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > This transmission (including any attachments) may contain confidential > > > information, privileged material (including material protected by the > > > solicitor-client or other applicable privileges), or constitute > > non-public > > > information. Any use of this information by anyone other than the > > intended > > > recipient is prohibited. If you have received this transmission in > error, > > > please immediately reply to the sender and delete this information from > > > your system. 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