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From: Shazron <shazron@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 15:25:00 -0700
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Subject: Re: [iOS] Removing the installer
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Fil is on vacation so he probably can't comment, but I think this
should be merged in as soon as possible in the cycle. Any objections?

On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Jesse <purplecabbage@gmail.com> wrote:
> $ ./bin/update
>
> ??
>
> On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Shazron <shazron@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It's just perception. What are they "making". Install if they don't
>> read the guides and look at the source, it is pretty clear what it
>> does, versus a Makefile.
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Filip Maj <fil@adobe.com> wrote:
>> > Not sure what difference it makes having either of the following in the
>> > read me:
>> >
>> > "Installation: run install.sh"
>> >
>> > Vs.
>> >
>> > "Installation: run make"
>> >
>> > On 7/25/12 12:11 PM, "Shazron" <shazron@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >>Great job Fil! Unfortunately we still need the Getting Started with
>> >>iOS guide, because of the change in expectation of how things work,
>> >>and my experience with 2.0.0 iOS and devs needing some pointers.
>> >>
>> >>Since:
>> >>1. We will not install to $(HOME)/Documents/CordovaLib anymore, where
>> >>the user extracts the source, that will be the location of CordovaLib
>> >>after they run "make"
>> >>2. They will need to know that they need to run "make" (maybe we
>> >>should have a simple install.sh instead that can simply call make?
>> >>since we are not really making anything anymore I don't think)
>> >>
>> >>On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Filip Maj <fil@adobe.com> wrote:
>> >>> Reference branch:
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=incubator-cordova-ios.git;a=sho
>> >>>rt
>> >>> log;h=refs/heads/1091
>> >>>
>> >>> I've removed the installer and all of its dependencies from iOS. Would
>> >>> love to have others take a look. This decouples us even further away
>> >>>from
>> >>> the old Xcode templates. Also lines us up more with Apache's "ship only
>> >>> source" policy. Finally: no longer need to install the library. You do,
>> >>> however, need to run "make" after cloning the repo; this will set
>> >>>various
>> >>> Xcode variables to point to the location of your cloned CordovaLib.
>> >>>Should
>> >>> fix a few issues we've been having with the CLI tools as well.
>> >>>
>> >>> Changes include:
>> >>>
>> >>> - no more wkhtml, markdown, brew, and packagemaker as dependencies
>> >>> - requirement to run "make" after cloning
>> >>>
>> >>> Very likely in need of a once-over of all the documentation, esp. the
>> >>> getting started guides. Actually, do we even need the Getting Started
>> >>>with
>> >>> Xcode guide anymore after this?
>> >>>
>> >>> Would love to hear from others on this topic.
>> >>>
>> >>> Cheers,
>> >>> Fil
>> >>>
>> >
>>
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