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Spence DiNicolantonio updated CB-12977:
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Description:
As of Cordova 7, plugins declared in config.xml are automatically added to
dependencies in _package.json_ on prepare. This limits Cordova 7 projects to
plugins that are also node packages, as the {{npm install}} process will break
if any declared dependency does not contain a valid _package.json_ ([see
related npm error|https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/7232]).
Quite a few functioning Cordova plugins (e.g.
[CordovaClipboard|https://github.com/VersoSolutions/CordovaClipboard],
[PrivacyScreen|https://github.com/Telerik-Verified-Plugins/PrivacyScreen]) live
on GitHub and don't contain a _package.json_. In order to use such plugins in
conjunction with Cordova 7 without breaking {{npm install}}, we must omit the
plugin declarations from config.xml and commit the contents of the _/plugins_
directory.
To be clear, this is not a malfunction of the Cordova CLI. Rather, this is a
side-effect of the automated mirroring of _config.xml_ and _package.json_
configuration in Cordova 7.
was:
As of Cordova 7, plugins declared in config.xml are automatically added to
dependencies in _package.json_ on prepare. This limits Cordova 7 projects to
plugins that are also node packages, as the {{npm install}} process will break
if any declared dependency does not contain a valid _package.json_ ([see
related npm error|https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/7232]).
Quite a few functioning Cordova plugins (e.g.
[CordovaClipboard|https://github.com/VersoSolutions/CordovaClipboard],
[PrivacyScreen|https://github.com/Telerik-Verified-Plugins/PrivacyScreen]) live
on GitHub and don't contain a _package.json_. In order to use such plugins in
conjunction with Cordova 7 without breaking `npm install`, we must omit the
plugin declarations from config.xml and commit the contents of the _/plugins_
directory.
To be clear, this is not a malfunction of the Cordova CLI. Rather, this is a
side-effect of the automated mirroring of _config.xml_ and _package.json_
configuration in Cordova 7.
> Cordova 7 breaks npm install if any declared plugin doesn't contain
> package.json
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>
> Key: CB-12977
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-12977
> Project: Apache Cordova
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: cordova-cli, cordova-plugins
> Affects Versions: [email protected]
> Environment: OSX 10.12.15, npm 3.10.10, Cordova 7.0.1
> Reporter: Spence DiNicolantonio
>
> As of Cordova 7, plugins declared in config.xml are automatically added to
> dependencies in _package.json_ on prepare. This limits Cordova 7 projects to
> plugins that are also node packages, as the {{npm install}} process will
> break if any declared dependency does not contain a valid _package.json_
> ([see related npm error|https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/7232]).
> Quite a few functioning Cordova plugins (e.g.
> [CordovaClipboard|https://github.com/VersoSolutions/CordovaClipboard],
> [PrivacyScreen|https://github.com/Telerik-Verified-Plugins/PrivacyScreen])
> live on GitHub and don't contain a _package.json_. In order to use such
> plugins in conjunction with Cordova 7 without breaking {{npm install}}, we
> must omit the plugin declarations from config.xml and commit the contents of
> the _/plugins_ directory.
> To be clear, this is not a malfunction of the Cordova CLI. Rather, this is a
> side-effect of the automated mirroring of _config.xml_ and _package.json_
> configuration in Cordova 7.
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