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Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 09:18:05 -0700
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Subject: Re: Plugin Post Install Script
From: Steven Gill <stevengill97@gmail.com>
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Alright. Punted for now. Too early to talk about this.
On Mar 10, 2015 8:56 AM, "Michal Mocny" <mmocny@chromium.org> wrote:

> I don't think this is a good idea, but I'm open to be convinced.
>
> However, cannot we punt this discussion for now?  The current phase 1
> rollout does not actually have us installing plugins to node_modules, so
> really this is an independant feature request to create a new workflow.  I
> don't see the benefit for this reason alone.  I think supporting plugins /
> platforms / tolling inside node_modules *is* a good idea, but I think it
> should look even more radically different (can demo some ideas next
> Hangout).
>
> -Michal
>
> On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 9:59 PM, Steven Gill <stevengill97@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 6:20 PM, Jesse <purplecabbage@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > What does `npm i -g cordova-plugin-device` do? Just because things are
> > > similar does not mean you should force them to be the same. I don't
> > really
> > > see a benefit in doing this though, and I think we are going to end up
> > with
> > > circular unresolvable dependencies. or at least greatly increased
> > > complexity in dependency resolution.
> > >
> > > I figure the post install script would fail if the plugin gets
> installed
> > globally. I'd like to figure out exactly what dependency issues we would
> > run into.
> >
> > Having 2 ways to do things just makes it harder for us ....
> > >
> > > Thinking outloud ... isn't the post install really just something like:
> > >
> > > ../../cordova plugin add npm_modules/cordova-plugin-device/
> > > That assumes no dependency resolution ... which would make it explode.
> > >
> > > This could potentially be one way of doing it. Another way would be to
> > move install logic into the script itself. Just thinking outloud.
> >
> >
> > > Overall, I don't think the feature is worth the complexity it would
> add,
> > > and I don't even think it makes things easier for users.
> > > What is the benefit of typing 'npm i cordova-plugin-device' vs 'cordova
> > > plugin add cordova-plugin-device' ? Character count?
> > >
> > > It is definitely early for me to bring up this suggestion. I don't see
> a
> > reason why current cordova devs would use `npm install
> > cordova-plugin-device` over cordova plugin add. I see it being more
> useful
> > in a world where cordova projects are node projects. CLI created projects
> > would have a package.json, and I could see users installing plugins via
> npm
> > install.
> >
> > Also, I see cordova JSAPI based projects becoming more popular once we
> > break cordova-lib into smaller scripts and offer alternative ways to
> build
> > and manage projects using npm/gulp/grunt/etc. This should be beneficial
> to
> > our many downstreams as well.
> >
> > Just wanting to start fleshing out what all of this will look like. If we
> > do decide to go down this route, it would be nice to figure it out soon
> so
> > we could start getting plugin authors to make updates while we wait for
> > tooling.
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > @purplecabbage
> > > risingj.com
> > >
> > > On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 5:36 PM, Steven Gill <stevengill97@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I think it is worth exploring a generic post install script plugin
> > > authors
> > > > could include that would install the plugin into a cordova project
> > after
> > > a
> > > > npm install. I haven't had any time to actually explore this yet
> > though.
> > > >
> > > > My initial reaction was that it would be hard to get right. After
> some
> > > > thought and discussion with the npm people & Anis, it might be a
> really
> > > > nice way of doing it.
> > > >
> > > > It would be pretty sweet if people could just go `npm i
> > > > cordova-plugin-device` and have it install the plugin into their
> > cordova
> > > > projects.
> > > >
> > > > The script would have to:
> > > > * detect if it is a cordova project and what version
> > > > * do everything plugin install does now
> > > >
> > > > Just wanted to collect some feedback, advice, and concerns people
> have
> > > > before I attempt to build it.
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

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