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From: Shazron <shazron@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 10:06:58 -0800
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Subject: Re: [iOS] Cordova.plist to config.xml - deprecation
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Hi Becky - yes Cordova.plist will go away entirely and it is to be replaced
by config.xml that follows the w3c widget spec, and the format would be
common among all the platforms (all the major ones currently). A dev can
certainly update the .xml from Xcode but it will be plain text editing
instead of the nice .plist editor - that is the trade-off. Having a common
config.xml would allow a common tool across the platforms to modify this
format -- right now I believe the tool we have (pluginstall?) would need to
special case the iOS platform to read and write the .plist format.

The iOS specific settings would be replaced by feature elements:
http://www.w3.org/TR/widgets/#the-feature-element-and-its-attributes


On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 6:42 AM, Becky Gibson <gibson.becky@gmail.com> wrote:

> Ok, I'm a bit confused.  Are we suggesting to get rid of the cordova.plist
> entirely?  Does that mean that if a dev wants to change one of those
> settings they have to leave Xcode and modify config.xml and update the
> project?   That certainly doesn't seems a bit cumbersome and not taking
> advantage of the OS specific tools.   I can see using config.xml for
> Cordova specific things like the whitelist and plug definitions but some of
> the Cordova.plist items are iOS specific.  Am I missing something?
>
> -becky
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 7:23 AM, Brian LeRoux <b@brian.io> wrote:
>
> > any reason why we should not follow our deprec policy here?
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Filip Maj <fil@adobe.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Yeah and it pissed off users, esp since the docs weren't updated :)
> > >
> > > On 11/7/12 12:00 PM, "Anis KADRI" <anis.kadri@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > >Didn't Android just switch from plugins.xml + cordova.xml ->
> config.xml
> > > >without deprecating anything ?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Filip Maj <fil@adobe.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> IMO we should support both for at least a point revision or two and
> > > >> deprecate appropriately..
> > > >>
> > > >> On 11/7/12 11:49 AM, "Anis KADRI" <anis.kadri@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> >Because generation McDonald's wants everything yesterday! Users
> don't
> > > >>like
> > > >> >to think too much [1]
> > > >> >
> > > >> >[1]
> http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Make-Me-Think-Usability/dp/0321344758
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> >On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Jesse <purplecabbage@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >> >
> > > >> >> I would go cold turkey.
> > > >> >> Not sure why you need to write a cli tool, just instruct users
> that
> > > >>in
> > > >> >> version 2.3 and beyond, they must use config.xml, and tell them
> if
> > > >> >> they are migrating, they will have to put their data in the new
> > > >> >> format.
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >> Not sure why we keep insisting on doing everything for everyone.
> >  but
> > > >> >> meh, I'm grumpy and old ...
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >> On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Shazron <shazron@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > >> >> > Do we want to still support the .plist (thus deprecate) or go
> > cold
> > > >> >>turkey
> > > >> >> > and support config.xml only?
> > > >> >> >
> > > >> >> > I'd rather go cold turkey and write a cli tool to convert a
> > > >> >>Cordova.plist
> > > >> >> > -> config.xml, which shouldn't be hard.
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >> --
> > > >> >> @purplecabbage
> > > >> >> risingj.com
> > > >> >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
>

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