Thanks Andrew, this is the sane path, big +1
On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Michael Brooks <[email protected]>wrote: > Great suggestions Andrew! > > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 9:33 AM, Brian LeRoux <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I love it / lots of wins in there > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 8:25 AM, Andrew Grieve <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Right now, CLI downloads & caches platforms & plugins using two > different > > > mechanisms, with totally independent code paths. > > > > > > plugman uses the request library, with proxy settings in > .plugman/config. > > > It downloads the tars directly from registry.cordova.io. It does not > > cache > > > them. > > > > > > CLI uses the request library as well, with proxy settings from .npmrc. > It > > > downloads tars directly from our git server's archive endpoint. It > caches > > > them in ~/.cordova. > > > > > > > > > I'd like to propose that we unify them. Specifically: > > > > > > 1. Store platforms on registry.cordova.io > > > - This would allow CLI to easily see what versions of platforms are > > > available, and be able to choose between them. > > > - This (I'm sure), INFRA would be much happier about than our current > > > fetch-from-git approach > > > > > > 2. Unify CLI & Plugman's downloading logic > > > - Use the same code-path for both. > > > - Have them use the same caching logic. > > > > > > 3. Use npm's cache logic instead of our own: > > > - Just type npm help cache to see what it does > > > - Would allow for: "cordova cache clean" > > > > > > I would *not* want to lose our support for --searchpath, as I think > it's > > > really handy. I don't see a problem with this though. > > > > > > This would also enable CLI to answer queries like "what platform > versions > > > are available", and make it trivial to do "install > [email protected] > > " > > > > > > This isn't something I have time to work on in the near future, but > > wanted > > > to see if everyone would be onboard with the change. I'll end up just > > > filing bugs for the changes if it sounds good... but if anyone else > wants > > > to work on it... :) > > > > > >
