From commits-return-52179-archive-asf-public=cust-asf.ponee.io@cordova.apache.org Fri Feb 23 19:19:05 2018 Return-Path: X-Original-To: archive-asf-public@cust-asf.ponee.io Delivered-To: archive-asf-public@cust-asf.ponee.io Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by mx-eu-01.ponee.io (Postfix) with SMTP id 195AD18067E for ; Fri, 23 Feb 2018 19:19:03 +0100 (CET) Received: (qmail 75510 invoked by uid 500); 23 Feb 2018 18:19:03 -0000 Mailing-List: contact commits-help@cordova.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Delivered-To: mailing list commits@cordova.apache.org Received: (qmail 75499 invoked by uid 99); 23 Feb 2018 18:19:03 -0000 Received: from Unknown (HELO svn01-us-west.apache.org) (209.188.14.144) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 23 Feb 2018 18:19:03 +0000 Received: from svn01-us-west.apache.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by svn01-us-west.apache.org (ASF Mail Server at svn01-us-west.apache.org) with ESMTP id 8B5533A0142 for ; Fri, 23 Feb 2018 18:19:02 +0000 (UTC) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: svn commit: r1825155 - in /cordova/site/public: announcements/2018/02/23/cordova-windows-6.0.0.html blog/index.html feed.xml Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 18:19:02 -0000 To: commits@cordova.apache.org From: steven@apache.org X-Mailer: svnmailer-1.0.9 Message-Id: <20180223181902.8B5533A0142@svn01-us-west.apache.org> Author: steven Date: Fri Feb 23 18:19:02 2018 New Revision: 1825155 URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1825155&view=rev Log: Updated docs Modified: cordova/site/public/announcements/2018/02/23/cordova-windows-6.0.0.html cordova/site/public/blog/index.html cordova/site/public/feed.xml Modified: cordova/site/public/announcements/2018/02/23/cordova-windows-6.0.0.html URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/cordova/site/public/announcements/2018/02/23/cordova-windows-6.0.0.html?rev=1825155&r1=1825154&r2=1825155&view=diff ============================================================================== --- cordova/site/public/announcements/2018/02/23/cordova-windows-6.0.0.html (original) +++ cordova/site/public/announcements/2018/02/23/cordova-windows-6.0.0.html Fri Feb 23 18:19:02 2018 @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ - + @@ -133,32 +133,29 @@ <div> <p>We are happy to announce the release of <code>cordova-windows 6.0.0</code>. </p> -<p>This is a major release, that changes functionality you might rely on, so please make sure to read the following list of changes:</p> +<p>This is a major release that changes functionality you might rely on, so please make sure to read the following list of changes:</p> <h2>Changes</h2> <ul> -<li>Windows 10 / UWP builds are now the default, meaning <code>cordova build windows</code> will now build a Windows 10 UWP app by default. +<li><strong>Windows 10 / UWP</strong> builds are now default, meaning <code>cordova build windows</code> will now build a Windows 10 UWP app by default. Windows (Phone) 8.1 is still supported of course, just use <code>cordova build windows -- --appx=8.1-win</code>, <code>cordova build windows -- --appx=8.1-phone</code> or an equivalent configuration option.</li> +<li>You can now build apps with a current installation of <strong>Visual Studio 2017</strong> (<code>15.5.x</code> at the time of writing) without any additional configuration or hacks (like the environment variable <code>VSINSTALLDIR</code> that was required for 5.0.0). <ul> -<li>Windows 8.1 is still there, just use <code>cordova build windows -- --appx=8.1-win</code>, <code>cordova build windows -- --appx=8.1-phone</code> or an equivalent configuration option.</li> +<li>Note: <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/productinfo/vs2017-compatibility-vs#windows-store-and-windows-phone-apps">Visual Studio 2017 doesn't support Windows 8.1 apps any more</a>, so you can only build these apps with Visual Studio 2015 installed.</li> </ul></li> -<li>A current installation of Visual Studio 2017 (<code>15.5.x</code> at the time of writing) can be used to build apps without any additional need configuration or hacks (like the ENV var <code>VSINSTALLDIR</code> that was required for 5.0.0). +<li>New <strong>ENV variable <code>MSBUILDDIR</code></strong> allows to directly configure the MSBuild Tools to be used to build the app. While <code>VSINSTALLDIR</code> always has been a hack that accidentally also worked to switch between different MSBuildTools versions, we now we this functionality explicit: Just set the ENV var to a your desired MSBuild folder (e.g. <code>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\MSBuild\15.0\Bin</code> or <code>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\bin\</code>) and it will be used to build your project. <ul> -<li>Note: <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/productinfo/vs2017-compatibility-vs#windows-store-and-windows-phone-apps">VS2017 doesn't support Windows 8.1 apps any more</a>, so you can only build these apps with VS15 installed.</li> -</ul></li> -<li>New ENV variable <code>MSBUILDDIR</code> to directly configure the MSBuild Tools to be used to build the app. <code>VSINSTALLDIR</code> always has been a hack that accidentally also worked to switch between different MSBuildTools versions. Now we made this explicit. Just set the ENV var to a your desired MSBuild folder (e.g. <code>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\MSBuild\15.0\Bin</code> or <code>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\bin\</code>) and it will be used to build your project. - -<ul> -<li>If you have VS17 and VS15 installed, the normal logic would choose MSBuild 15 - and fail on Win 8.1 project. If you set it to MSBuild 14, it can successfully build your 8.1 apps. (If the supplied path is invalid or doesn't contain a working MSBuild, the normal MSBuild selection logic will be triggered)</li> +<li>If you have Visual Studio 2017 and Visual Studio 2015 installed at the same time, the normal logic would always choose Visual Studio 2017's MSBuild 15 - and fail on a Windows (Phone) 8.1 project. If you set the environment variable MSBuild 14, it can successfully build your 8.1 apps.</li> +<li>If the supplied path is invalid or doesn't contain a working MSBuild, the normal MSBuild selection logic will be triggered</li> </ul></li> <li>Fixes several bugs</li> </ul> <h2>Installation</h2> -<p>As usual this new version will be added as the default <code>cordova-windows</code> version only with the next release of Cordova CLI. Until then, please use these command to remove and readd the <code>windows</code> platform:</p> +<p>As usual this new version will be added as the default <code>cordova-windows</code> version only with the next release of Cordova CLI. Until then, please use these commands to remove and re-add the <code>windows</code> platform:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre><code class="language-" data-lang="">cordova platform rm windows cordova platform add windows@6.0.0 </code></pre></div> @@ -169,7 +166,7 @@ cordova platform add windows@6.0.0 <ul> <li>If you only have Visual Studio 2017 installed on your machine, you can not build Windows (Phone) 8.1 apps.</li> <li>"Windows 10 Phone emulator is currently not supported. If you want to deploy to emulator, use Visual Studio instead."</li> -<li><a href="https://github.com/apache/cordova-windows/issues/266">Some <code>build</code> error messages are a bit misleading</a></li> +<li><a href="https://github.com/apache/cordova-windows/issues/266">Some <code>build</code></a> and <a href="https://github.com/apache/cordova-windows/issues/267">requirements error messages</a> are a bit misleading</li> </ul> <h2>Feedback</h2> @@ -180,9 +177,12 @@ cordova platform add windows@6.0.0 <p>Working on this update showed how much code is there to support other platform variants beside Windows 10 desktop.</p> +<p>TODO refine </p> + <ul> <li>Is Windows 8.1 support still needed or would it make sense to get rid of <em>really</em> much code and do a 7.0.0 release that drops support for that?</li> <li>Windows 10 Phone? Still relevant?</li> +<li>Where should the project move? What is missing? What should be supported? What do you need?</li> </ul> <p>Please help us decide how to further develop <code>cordova-windows</code> by answering these questions below in the comments. Thanks!</p> @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ cordova platform add windows@6.0.0 <li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-13799">CB-13799</a> updated npm test for <code>cordova-windows</code></li> <li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-13812">CB-13812</a> run tests on AppVeyor with VS 2017 as well</li> <li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-13641">CB-13641</a> support transparent splash screen background color. (#245)</li> -<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-13175">CB-13175</a> fixing <strong>Windows</strong>8.1 crash on startup</li> +<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-13175">CB-13175</a> fixing Windows8.1 crash on startup</li> <li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-13422">CB-13422</a> (windows) Fix typo in build error message</li> <li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-12895">CB-12895</a> ignoring cordova.js for eslint & removing comments and references to jshint</li> <li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-13237">CB-13237</a> Default to UAP</li> Modified: cordova/site/public/blog/index.html URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/cordova/site/public/blog/index.html?rev=1825155&r1=1825154&r2=1825155&view=diff ============================================================================== --- cordova/site/public/blog/index.html (original) +++ cordova/site/public/blog/index.html Fri Feb 23 18:19:02 2018 @@ -142,32 +142,29 @@ <section class="post-excerpt"> <p><p>We are happy to announce the release of <code>cordova-windows 6.0.0</code>. </p> -<p>This is a major release, that changes functionality you might rely on, so please make sure to read the following list of changes:</p> +<p>This is a major release that changes functionality you might rely on, so please make sure to read the following list of changes:</p> <h2>Changes</h2> <ul> -<li>Windows 10 / UWP builds are now the default, meaning <code>cordova build windows</code> will now build a Windows 10 UWP app by default. +<li><strong>Windows 10 / UWP</strong> builds are now default, meaning <code>cordova build windows</code> will now build a Windows 10 UWP app by default. Windows (Phone) 8.1 is still supported of course, just use <code>cordova build windows -- --appx=8.1-win</code>, <code>cordova build windows -- --appx=8.1-phone</code> or an equivalent configuration option.</li> +<li>You can now build apps with a current installation of <strong>Visual Studio 2017</strong> (<code>15.5.x</code> at the time of writing) without any additional configuration or hacks (like the environment variable <code>VSINSTALLDIR</code> that was required for 5.0.0). <ul> -<li>Windows 8.1 is still there, just use <code>cordova build windows -- --appx=8.1-win</code>, <code>cordova build windows -- --appx=8.1-phone</code> or an equivalent configuration option.</li> +<li>Note: <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/productinfo/vs2017-compatibility-vs#windows-store-and-windows-phone-apps">Visual Studio 2017 doesn't support Windows 8.1 apps any more</a>, so you can only build these apps with Visual Studio 2015 installed.</li> </ul></li> -<li>A current installation of Visual Studio 2017 (<code>15.5.x</code> at the time of writing) can be used to build apps without any additional need configuration or hacks (like the ENV var <code>VSINSTALLDIR</code> that was required for 5.0.0). +<li>New <strong>ENV variable <code>MSBUILDDIR</code></strong> allows to directly configure the MSBuild Tools to be used to build the app. While <code>VSINSTALLDIR</code> always has been a hack that accidentally also worked to switch between different MSBuildTools versions, we now we this functionality explicit: Just set the ENV var to a your desired MSBuild folder (e.g. <code>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\MSBuild\15.0\Bin</code> or <code>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\bin\</code>) and it will be used to build your project. <ul> -<li>Note: <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/productinfo/vs2017-compatibility-vs#windows-store-and-windows-phone-apps">VS2017 doesn't support Windows 8.1 apps any more</a>, so you can only build these apps with VS15 installed.</li> -</ul></li> -<li>New ENV variable <code>MSBUILDDIR</code> to directly configure the MSBuild Tools to be used to build the app. <code>VSINSTALLDIR</code> always has been a hack that accidentally also worked to switch between different MSBuildTools versions. Now we made this explicit. Just set the ENV var to a your desired MSBuild folder (e.g. <code>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\MSBuild\15.0\Bin</code> or <code>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\bin\</code>) and it will be used to build your project. - -<ul> -<li>If you have VS17 and VS15 installed, the normal logic would choose MSBuild 15 - and fail on Win 8.1 project. If you set it to MSBuild 14, it can successfully build your 8.1 apps. (If the supplied path is invalid or doesn't contain a working MSBuild, the normal MSBuild selection logic will be triggered)</li> +<li>If you have Visual Studio 2017 and Visual Studio 2015 installed at the same time, the normal logic would always choose Visual Studio 2017's MSBuild 15 - and fail on a Windows (Phone) 8.1 project. If you set the environment variable MSBuild 14, it can successfully build your 8.1 apps.</li> +<li>If the supplied path is invalid or doesn't contain a working MSBuild, the normal MSBuild selection logic will be triggered</li> </ul></li> <li>Fixes several bugs</li> </ul> <h2>Installation</h2> -<p>As usual this new version will be added as the default <code>cordova-windows</code> version only with the next release of Cordova CLI. Until then, please use these command to remove and readd the <code>windows</code> platform:</p> +<p>As usual this new version will be added as the default <code>cordova-windows</code> version only with the next release of Cordova CLI. Until then, please use these commands to remove and re-add the <code>windows</code> platform:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre><code class="language-" data-lang="">cordova platform rm windows cordova platform add windows@6.0.0 </code></pre></div> @@ -178,7 +175,7 @@ cordova platform add windows@6.0.0 <ul> <li>If you only have Visual Studio 2017 installed on your machine, you can not build Windows (Phone) 8.1 apps.</li> <li>"Windows 10 Phone emulator is currently not supported. If you want to deploy to emulator, use Visual Studio instead."</li> -<li><a href="https://github.com/apache/cordova-windows/issues/266">Some <code>build</code> error messages are a bit misleading</a></li> +<li><a href="https://github.com/apache/cordova-windows/issues/266">Some <code>build</code></a> and <a href="https://github.com/apache/cordova-windows/issues/267">requirements error messages</a> are a bit misleading</li> </ul> <h2>Feedback</h2> @@ -189,9 +186,12 @@ cordova platform add windows@6.0.0 <p>Working on this update showed how much code is there to support other platform variants beside Windows 10 desktop.</p> +<p>TODO refine </p> + <ul> <li>Is Windows 8.1 support still needed or would it make sense to get rid of <em>really</em> much code and do a 7.0.0 release that drops support for that?</li> <li>Windows 10 Phone? Still relevant?</li> +<li>Where should the project move? What is missing? What should be supported? What do you need?</li> </ul> <p>Please help us decide how to further develop <code>cordova-windows</code> by answering these questions below in the comments. Thanks!</p> Modified: cordova/site/public/feed.xml URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/cordova/site/public/feed.xml?rev=1825155&r1=1825154&r2=1825155&view=diff ============================================================================== --- cordova/site/public/feed.xml (original) +++ cordova/site/public/feed.xml Fri Feb 23 18:19:02 2018 @@ -6,40 +6,37 @@ </description> <link>https://cordova.apache.org/</link> <atom:link href="https://cordova.apache.org/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/> - <pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2018 17:46:08 +0000</pubDate> - <lastBuildDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2018 17:46:08 +0000</lastBuildDate> + <pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2018 17:53:16 +0000</pubDate> + <lastBuildDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2018 17:53:16 +0000</lastBuildDate> <generator>Jekyll v2.5.3</generator> <item> <title>Cordova Windows 6.0.0 Released! <p>We are happy to announce the release of <code>cordova-windows 6.0.0</code>. </p> -<p>This is a major release, that changes functionality you might rely on, so please make sure to read the following list of changes:</p> +<p>This is a major release that changes functionality you might rely on, so please make sure to read the following list of changes:</p> <h2>Changes</h2> <ul> -<li>Windows 10 / UWP builds are now the default, meaning <code>cordova build windows</code> will now build a Windows 10 UWP app by default. +<li><strong>Windows 10 / UWP</strong> builds are now default, meaning <code>cordova build windows</code> will now build a Windows 10 UWP app by default. Windows (Phone) 8.1 is still supported of course, just use <code>cordova build windows -- --appx=8.1-win</code>, <code>cordova build windows -- --appx=8.1-phone</code> or an equivalent configuration option.</li> +<li>You can now build apps with a current installation of <strong>Visual Studio 2017</strong> (<code>15.5.x</code> at the time of writing) without any additional configuration or hacks (like the environment variable <code>VSINSTALLDIR</code> that was required for 5.0.0). <ul> -<li>Windows 8.1 is still there, just use <code>cordova build windows -- --appx=8.1-win</code>, <code>cordova build windows -- --appx=8.1-phone</code> or an equivalent configuration option.</li> +<li>Note: <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/productinfo/vs2017-compatibility-vs#windows-store-and-windows-phone-apps">Visual Studio 2017 doesn&#39;t support Windows 8.1 apps any more</a>, so you can only build these apps with Visual Studio 2015 installed.</li> </ul></li> -<li>A current installation of Visual Studio 2017 (<code>15.5.x</code> at the time of writing) can be used to build apps without any additional need configuration or hacks (like the ENV var <code>VSINSTALLDIR</code> that was required for 5.0.0). +<li>New <strong>ENV variable <code>MSBUILDDIR</code></strong> allows to directly configure the MSBuild Tools to be used to build the app. While <code>VSINSTALLDIR</code> always has been a hack that accidentally also worked to switch between different MSBuildTools versions, we now we this functionality explicit: Just set the ENV var to a your desired MSBuild folder (e.g. <code>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\MSBuild\15.0\Bin</code> or <code>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\bin\</code>) and it will be used to build your project. <ul> -<li>Note: <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/productinfo/vs2017-compatibility-vs#windows-store-and-windows-phone-apps">VS2017 doesn&#39;t support Windows 8.1 apps any more</a>, so you can only build these apps with VS15 installed.</li> -</ul></li> -<li>New ENV variable <code>MSBUILDDIR</code> to directly configure the MSBuild Tools to be used to build the app. <code>VSINSTALLDIR</code> always has been a hack that accidentally also worked to switch between different MSBuildTools versions. Now we made this explicit. Just set the ENV var to a your desired MSBuild folder (e.g. <code>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\MSBuild\15.0\Bin</code> or <code>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\bin\</code>) and it will be used to build your project. - -<ul> -<li>If you have VS17 and VS15 installed, the normal logic would choose MSBuild 15 - and fail on Win 8.1 project. If you set it to MSBuild 14, it can successfully build your 8.1 apps. (If the supplied path is invalid or doesn&#39;t contain a working MSBuild, the normal MSBuild selection logic will be triggered)</li> +<li>If you have Visual Studio 2017 and Visual Studio 2015 installed at the same time, the normal logic would always choose Visual Studio 2017&#39;s MSBuild 15 - and fail on a Windows (Phone) 8.1 project. If you set the environment variable MSBuild 14, it can successfully build your 8.1 apps.</li> +<li>If the supplied path is invalid or doesn&#39;t contain a working MSBuild, the normal MSBuild selection logic will be triggered</li> </ul></li> <li>Fixes several bugs</li> </ul> <h2>Installation</h2> -<p>As usual this new version will be added as the default <code>cordova-windows</code> version only with the next release of Cordova CLI. Until then, please use these command to remove and readd the <code>windows</code> platform:</p> +<p>As usual this new version will be added as the default <code>cordova-windows</code> version only with the next release of Cordova CLI. Until then, please use these commands to remove and re-add the <code>windows</code> platform:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre><code class="language-" data-lang="">cordova platform rm windows cordova platform add windows@6.0.0 </code></pre></div> @@ -50,7 +47,7 @@ cordova platform add windows@6.0.0 <ul> <li>If you only have Visual Studio 2017 installed on your machine, you can not build Windows (Phone) 8.1 apps.</li> <li>&quot;Windows 10 Phone emulator is currently not supported. If you want to deploy to emulator, use Visual Studio instead.&quot;</li> -<li><a href="https://github.com/apache/cordova-windows/issues/266">Some <code>build</code> error messages are a bit misleading</a></li> +<li><a href="https://github.com/apache/cordova-windows/issues/266">Some <code>build</code></a> and <a href="https://github.com/apache/cordova-windows/issues/267">requirements error messages</a> are a bit misleading</li> </ul> <h2>Feedback</h2> @@ -61,9 +58,12 @@ cordova platform add windows@6.0.0 <p>Working on this update showed how much code is there to support other platform variants beside Windows 10 desktop.</p> +<p>TODO refine </p> + <ul> <li>Is Windows 8.1 support still needed or would it make sense to get rid of <em>really</em> much code and do a 7.0.0 release that drops support for that?</li> <li>Windows 10 Phone? Still relevant?</li> +<li>Where should the project move? What is missing? What should be supported? What do you need?</li> </ul> <p>Please help us decide how to further develop <code>cordova-windows</code> by answering these questions below in the comments. Thanks!</p> @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ cordova platform add windows@6.0.0 <li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-13799">CB-13799</a> updated npm test for <code>cordova-windows</code></li> <li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-13812">CB-13812</a> run tests on AppVeyor with VS 2017 as well</li> <li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-13641">CB-13641</a> support transparent splash screen background color. (#245)</li> -<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-13175">CB-13175</a> fixing <strong>Windows</strong>8.1 crash on startup</li> +<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-13175">CB-13175</a> fixing Windows8.1 crash on startup</li> <li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-13422">CB-13422</a> (windows) Fix typo in build error message</li> <li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-12895">CB-12895</a> ignoring cordova.js for eslint &amp; removing comments and references to jshint</li> <li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-13237">CB-13237</a> Default to UAP</li> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: commits-unsubscribe@cordova.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: commits-help@cordova.apache.org