Filed: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-4477
On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 10:48 AM, Anis KADRI <anis.ka...@gmail.com> wrote: > I feel like we shouldn't. More source of errors than anything I think. > Also human readable names are useless when presented in search results > because one can't install using a human readable name. > > Shaz, I think we do need to add a doc issue. > > On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 10:30 AM, Andrew Grieve <agri...@chromium.org> > wrote: > > I don't feel strongly one way or the other about prefixing. > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 6:49 PM, Shazron <shaz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Do we need to add a doc issue for updating this in 3.1: > >> 1. > >> > >> > http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/3.0.0/plugin_ref_plugman.md.html#Using%20Plugman%20to%20Manage%20Plugins > >> 2. > >> > >> > http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/3.0.0/guide_cli_index.md.html#The%20Command-line%20Interface > >> > >> (the docs will still work of course using the existing method) > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Anis KADRI <anis.ka...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> > In the meantime....I renamed all plugins to package names in the > >> > cordova registry. I've also updated plugman > >> > > >> > So anyone should be able to `cordova plugin add > >> > org.apache.cordova.core.device` or `plugman install --platform > >> > platform --plugin org.apache.cordova.core.device --project > >> > /path/to/project` and it should just work. > >> > > >> > prefixing is not there yet. Do we really want it ? > >> > > >> > -a > >> > > >> > On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Brian LeRoux <b...@brian.io> wrote: > >> > > Oh, yes, it could also be made to install from the npm registry. It > >> > > does neither of those things yet. > >> > > > >> > > On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 9:43 AM, Andrew Grieve < > agri...@chromium.org> > >> > wrote: > >> > >> A federated system just means that anyone can host a directory of > >> > plugins, > >> > >> yes? Anis was saying that plugman could be easily made to point at > any > >> > >> couchdb instance. Is that not federated? > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 11:38 PM, Brian LeRoux <b...@brian.io> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>> No, at least I don't think so. The install/uninstall are more > >> clobbers > >> > >>> and plugin.xml is not a thing npm has any desire to become aware > of. > >> > >>> > >> > >>> On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 11:24 PM, Andrew Grieve < > >> agri...@chromium.org> > >> > >>> wrote: > >> > >>> > On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 11:19 PM, Brian LeRoux <b...@brian.io> > wrote: > >> > >>> > > >> > >>> >> > Would this require that we use the node_modules dependency > >> > structure? > >> > >>> >> > >> > >>> >> No. We would teach npm install about our structure. > >> > >>> >> > >> > >>> >> > >> > >>> >> > Would we be able to enforce our <engine > >> cordova-version=">3.0.0"> > >> > as > >> > >>> well > >> > >>> >> > as our <platform name="ios" min-sdk-version="6.0" > >> > >>> min-os-version="5.0"> > >> > >>> >> > constraints? > >> > >>> >> > >> > >>> >> Yes. > >> > >>> >> > >> > >>> >> > >> > >>> >> > Some things will be uglier to express as json I think. E.g.: > >> > trying to > >> > >>> >> > embed xml snippets (like for <config-file>), that contain > many " > >> > >>> >> characters > >> > >>> >> > and newline characters. > >> > >>> >> > >> > >>> >> Yes. > >> > >>> >> > >> > >>> >> > >> > >>> >> > Making things harder to search for has been pointed out as a > >> > >>> >> disadvantage. > >> > >>> >> > What would be the advantages? > >> > >>> >> > >> > >>> >> We implement a theoretically federated system. Cordova would > >> > continue > >> > >>> >> to use its own registry. (And thusly downstream distributions > >> could > >> > >>> >> use their own.) > >> > >>> >> > >> > >>> > > >> > >>> > I thought this was already true with Anis' current setup? > >> > >>> > >> > > >> >
