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Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 15:29:48 -0400
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Subject: Re: config.xml discussion, we need to talk
From: Bryan Higgins <bhiggins@blackberry.com>
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www/config.xml aligns nicely with the w3c widget spec [1]. Why would we
want to deviate?

[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/widgets/#reserved-file-and-folder-names


On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 3:23 PM, Jesse <purplecabbage@gmail.com> wrote:

> Seems any project created with the CLI has a config.xml in the www folder.
> [1]
> Why do we have 2 of these?
>
> I also recently closed a defect created by Carlos, stating that WP8 did NOT
> have it's config.xml in the www folder. [2] Now I am not sure I should have
> called this invalid, however, after creating a new WP8 project with the
> CLI, I see a config.xml in the www folder AND one in the app root. wtf?
>
> There is an open issue [3] to re-org config files, where Braden states "We
> already have plans to move $PROJECT/www/config.xml to $PROJECT/app.xml,
> which more or less addresses ..."    Have we formalized what exactly this
> is?
>
> Seems we still have a lot of discussion that has to happen before we can
> move ahead on these items.  I am currently adding config.xml support to
> Windows 8, and was hoping to have a nice clear path of what to do, but it
> still looks pretty muddy. [4]
>
>
> [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-4476
> [2] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-46<
> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-4658>
> 58 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-4658>
> [3] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-4910
> [4] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-4608
>
> @purplecabbage
> risingj.com
>

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