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From: Filip Maj <fil@adobe.com>
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Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:22:01 -0700
Subject: Re: [Android] Moving plugins to core namespace
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Providing an upgrade path is still something we need to consider.

So yes, an upgrade guide that says "change the values of your plugins from
x to y" is doable. As well as a script that does a global search/replace.
Not rocket science.

On 3/15/13 2:19 PM, "Joe Bowser" <bowserj@gmail.com> wrote:

>Honestly, config.xml is a file that is going to be edited by users
>now, so the last thing that I want to do is get yet another script
>involved, since it could really screw up their config.xml and make
>things even worse.  I think we'd be better off giving them a heads up
>when we release this and letting them copy and paste from our template
>config.xml.
>
>Also, once we're done here, plugman is supposed to do this right? :P
>
>On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Simon MacDonald
><simon.macdonald@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Do we provide any way to update config. Xml as all of the paths to the
>> plugins will be incorrect? Possibly an update script?
>>
>> Simon
>> On Mar 15, 2013 5:01 PM, "Joe Bowser" <bowserj@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey
>>>
>>> Since we're working towards making the core plugins installable and
>>> uninstallable, I want to go ahead and move all the plugins to a core
>>> directory so that their Java namespace will be
>>> org.apache.cordova.core.  This means that adding and removing will be
>>> less painful for scripts since they shouldn't be messing with anything
>>> that's not a plugin or it's dependency.
>>>
>>> Any thoughts on this before I move things? This shouldn't change the
>>> API at all, and things should continue to work.
>>>
>>> Joe
>>>