I say we should
On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 1:47 AM, Brian LeRoux <b...@brian.io> wrote:
> +1
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 7:36 PM, Steven Gill <stevengil...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Interesting points about plugins. IMO It would be a good amount of work
> to
> > move plugins over to npm. Definitely worth it for us to continue
> discussing
> > the feasibility of it.
> >
> > As for platforms, most people seem to be in agreement about moving them
> > over to npm and setting them as dependencies for the cli. Is this
> something
> > we should start moving forward with?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 5:45 PM, Carlos Santana <csantan...@gmail.com
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > I agree that npm would not be able to resolved the dependencies.
> > > That's something that cordova would need to resolved. if plugin A 1.0
> > > depends on plugin B version 1.0, and plugin C 1.0 depends on plugin B
> > > version 2.0
> > > Codova Tool will be the one to determined the final flat set of plugins
> > and
> > > their version.
> > >
> > > if plugin depends on other plugins, I think that's still belongs in
> > > plugin.xml
> > >
> > > But cordova can construct the package.json as the user keeps adding
> > plugins
> > > Then package.json will have the final flat list.
> > > i.e.
> > >
> > > (peerDependencies || dependencies || bundleDependencies" {
> > > A : "^1.0",
> > > B: "^2.0",
> > > C:"1.0"
> > > }
> > >
> > > then package.json can be shared and another developer can just
> replicate
> > > app. I guess the same can be said if we create a cordova.json with same
> > > info
> > >
> > > As far on searching I don't mind plugins showing up in npmjs.org
> > >
> > > That doesn't stop Cordova Project of having a useful website
> > > plugins.cordova.io to search, rate, discover, only Cordova
> > > packages/plugins.
> > > Other people doing this already, packages in npm db and website listing
> > > their related plugins for searching and listing, etc..:
> > > http://yeoman.io/community-generators.html
> > > http://gruntjs.com/plugins
> > > http://gulpjs.com/plugins/
> > > http://bower.io/search/
> > >
> > > my $0.02
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Andrew Grieve <agri...@chromium.org>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Agree we don't want to use node_modules, nor the "dependency" field.
> > > >
> > > > I do think we should use it's fetching logic via "npm cache add"
> > though,
> > > > and then copy the downloaded plugin from the npm cache dir to the
> > > project.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 2:59 PM, Anis KADRI <anis.ka...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I don't see how we can rely on npm's dependency system (or npm
> > install)
> > > > for
> > > > > Cordova because npm dependencies consist of a tree of isolated
> > > > > node_modules/ whereas cordova has to share code amongst multiple
> > > plugins
> > > > > (different build system than npm/node). We could use `npm install`
> > for
> > > > > auto-fetching but we might fetch the same plugin multiple times if
> > > other
> > > > > plugins depend on it. The meat of dependency management is not in
> the
> > > > > fetching part.
> > > > >
> > > > > We actually looked into leveraging npm for everything but it turned
> > out
> > > > to
> > > > > be not possible. Cordova projects are just not exactly like node
> > > > projects.
> > > > >
> > > > > Also from a user/developer perspective it's a lot nicer to have one
> > > place
> > > > > to look for cordova plugins rather than ~65 000 npm packages of
> which
> > > > most
> > > > > are not even Cordova related. Platforms don't matter because
> > > > > users/developers are not supposed to be aware of their existence.
> > > > >
> > > > > my 0.02
> > > > >
> > > > > -a
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 3:54 PM, Carlos Santana <
> > csantan...@gmail.com
> > > > > >wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Jonathan
> > > > > > Today we don't support that scenario with cordova cli, if a
> > plugin
> > > > > > supports multiple platforms you can't block "cordova plugin add"
> > from
> > > > > > installing to all platforms that it supports.
> > > > > > Maybe a new enhancement request?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > My intention with having the dependencies info was solely to get
> > the
> > > > all
> > > > > > the dependency files download via npm, either via user running
> "npm
> > > > > > install" or cordova using user's global npm to get the files down
> > to
> > > > the
> > > > > > system.
> > > > > > It was not the intention of "dependencies" to drive the
> composition
> > > of
> > > > > the
> > > > > > App. it can be use but I think more control using like an new
> > > property
> > > > > > "cordova" in package.json, or pacakge.json may not have this info
> > and
> > > > > just
> > > > > > deal with dowloading the correct versions of platform and
> plugins,
> > to
> > > > > then
> > > > > > be use by "cordova lib" to do it's thing.
> > > > > > This also gives flexibility to drive cordova how ever the user
> > wants
> > > > > even
> > > > > > with npm "scripts" lifecycles with a "postinstall"
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Yes I agree the devils is in the details, and a lot of space for
> > > > > > exploration going forward.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --Carlos
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 9:11 AM, Jonathan Bond-Caron <
> > > > > > jbo...@gdesolutions.com> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Fri Mar 14 11:36 PM, Carlos Santana wrote:
> > > > > > > > I have being thinking on this sort of problem also.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I think using npm to store none node code is perfectly fine
> use
> > > > case.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I vote to leverage npm as the building block and then build
> > > cordova
> > > > > > > functions on
> > > > > > > > top of it.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > +1 where possible like caching
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > "dependencies": {
> > > > > > > > "org.apache.cordova.platform.ios": ">=3.4.0",
> > > > > > > > "org.cordova.platform.android": ">=3.3.0",
> > > > > > > > "org.apache.cordova.device": "~0.2.8",
> > > > > > > > "cordova-cli": "~3.4.0"
> > > > > > > > },
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > That's a bit of an oversimplification, you may not want the
> same
> > > > plugin
> > > > > > on
> > > > > > > android & ios.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > -1 on dependencies through npm, +1 with Braden for cordova lib
> > that
> > > > > > > handles the dependency fetching.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Devil's in the details so +1 for experimenting though
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Carlos Santana
> > > > > > <csantan...@gmail.com>
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Carlos Santana
> > > <csantan...@gmail.com>
> > >
> >
>
