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Subject: Re: Yet another Cordova-Android 6.0.x release thread, and another 5.x release soon
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Date: Wed, 25 May 2016 15:37:17 -0400
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archived-at: Wed, 25 May 2016 19:58:27 -0000

Hehe thanks for the clarification=20
 it crossed my mind that we were going to ship some type of dynamic cordova r=
untime to the playstore for Devs to pickup

AAR makes more sense :-)


- Carlos
@csantanapr

> On May 25, 2016, at 11:51 AM, Joe Bowser <bowserj@gmail.com> wrote:
>=20
> That was a typo.
>=20
> On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 8:50 AM, Simon MacDonald <simon.macdonald@gmail.co=
m>
> wrote:
>=20
>> LGTM too.
>>=20
>> Although is "Cordova-Android as a distributable APK" supposed to be
>> "Cordova-Android
>> as a distributable AAR"?
>>=20
>>=20
>> Simon Mac Donald
>> http://hi.im/simonmacdonald
>>=20
>> On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 4:24 PM, Carlos Santana <csantana23@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>=20
>>> LGTM
>>> I don't think Android N is going to change that much like you said.
>>>=20
>>> Let's move forward as usual , create a branch 6.x on main repo and start=

>>> that release stream
>>>=20
>>> Start landing features from the list below and have a board to track was=

>>> left. When it's done it's done when ever that's it and we release
>>> regardless of official date of Android N (it might along or be bit after=
)
>>>=20
>>> And as normal process we need to care and feed both branches (master &
>>> 6.x) having them green and CI testing as Android N builds come out.
>>>=20
>>> Any plugins need a 6.x branch corresponding to cordova-android@6.x
>>> branch, I don't think so but is good to ask.
>>>=20
>>> - Carlos
>>> @csantanapr
>>>=20
>>>> On May 24, 2016, at 4:07 PM, Joe Bowser <bowserj@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>=20
>>>> I picked September because it's after when Android N is released.  The
>>>> items on the list don't depend on each other.
>>>>=20
>>>> Also, we use semver so us breaking an API or making a major breaking
>>> change
>>>> means a major bump.  Not all of these are API breaking, and in fact
>> only
>>>> the Android Studio project structure and the Thread-Safe bridge breaks
>>>> stuff.
>>>>=20
>>>> I don't want to make a 6.0 and a 7.0 for the two major breaking changes=

>>> and
>>>> would rather group the two together since they're both related but not
>>>> dependent.
>>>>=20
>>>>=20
>>>>> On Tue, May 24, 2016, 12:58 PM Carlos Santana <csantana23@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>=20
>>>>> Why the Sept. date?
>>>>>=20
>>>>> Because Android N actually exists in August  sometime, but I don't
>> have
>>> a
>>>>> solid date.
>>>>>=20
>>>>>=20
>>>>> All these items depend on each other and will take until Sept. to get
>> it
>>>>> implemented?
>>>>>=20
>>>>> No, but
>>>>>=20
>>>>> Each of them break APIs that required a major bump version?
>>>>>=20
>>>>> Can we implement one first let's say June call it 6.0 and continue
>>>>> releasing each month or as features get implemented 6.1, 6.2, etc. .
>>>>>=20
>>>>> Which will be the first one that make most sense to implement? New
>>> Studio
>>>>> Project?
>>>>>=20
>>>>> - Carlos
>>>>> @csantanapr
>>>>>=20
>>>>>> On May 24, 2016, at 1:43 PM, Joe Bowser <bowserj@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> Hey
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> Since Google IO didn't really throw any new features at us, and since=

>>>>>> Google hinted at Android N being released at the end of August, do
>>> people
>>>>>> think that aiming for a Cordova-Android 6.0.x release in September
>> with
>>>>> the
>>>>>> following features makes sense:
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> * Android Studio project structure
>>>>>> * Android N Multi-Window Support
>>>>>> * Thread-Safe bridge by default
>>>>>> * Cordova-Android as a distributable APK
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> I know that we had an earlier thread about this, but now that IO is
>>> over,
>>>>>> we should probably ramp things up now that we know that we're not
>>> waiting
>>>>>> until November for a new version of Android to land.  The biggest
>>> change
>>>>> is
>>>>>> the Android Studio project structure, and everything else has been
>>>>> sitting
>>>>>> in branches for months ready to be merged in.
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> Also, I know a lot of people are waiting for the change to version
>>>>> numbers
>>>>>> where we don't magically generate version numbers for arch-neutral
>> APKs
>>>>> as
>>>>>> well as other script changes to the build, so I think we should do
>>>>> another
>>>>>> Cordova release to address those issues soon.
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> Thoughts?
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> Joe
>>>>>=20
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