I'd say we clean that section up and at least include "npm install -g cordova"
On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 11:51 AM, Parashuram N (MS OPEN TECH) < [email protected]> wrote: > I think this is the "official" distribution. Not sure if Apache recognized > npm as the official distribution and may be does not guarantee the > integrity of the package on npm ? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Josh Soref [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, January 12, 2015 11:45 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: https://www.apache.org/dist/cordova/ > > Steven Gill wrote: > >Installing through dist isn't our recommended way to install Cordova. If > >rather have people have to read the blog than just press a big download > >button without reading. > > Are we required by apache to have this thing? > > Because, I'd rather have something that says "run `npm install cordova`" > than the rather notable download thing that takes me to a useless / > confusing section -- this is from the main http://cordova.apache.org/ page: > > DOWNLOAD Cordova version 4.0.0 <http://cordova.apache.org/#download> > > Clicking the download button-link-thing takes you to: > > Download & Archives > It is recommended that the cordova CLI be installed from npm rather than > downloading this .zip version. > > ^ note that there is no explanation here about how to use npm to install > cordova (or how to get npm) > > For more information on installing the npm version see the Command-Line > Interface > < > http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/4.0.0//guide_cli_index.md.html#The%20Com > mand-Line%20Interface> section of the documentation. > > ^ well, there's this, but it's TL;DR > > You can find our release zips with corresponding OpenPGPkeys, MD5 and SHA > files on the Apache Cordova dist page > <https://www.apache.org/dist/cordova/>. > Our artwork <http://cordova.apache.org/artwork.html> is also available. > Older versions can be downloaded from the archive > <http://archive.apache.org/dist/cordova/>. > > This entire section is really poorly organized. :( >
