Yes, node is already a dependency for the CLI, so why not roll with that for cross-platform goodness.
On 1/21/13 7:24 AM, "Andrew Grieve" <agri...@chromium.org> wrote: >Yep, I was mostly thinking about Android with this question. There's >really >two aspects that it would simplify: > >1. Our documentation would not have to worry about windows vs. unix >2. Our scripts (and upgrade scripts) won't have to be written twice. >Although maybe if we are making node a requirement (due to CLI yes?) then >writing them in node would save us writing them twice. Still, they would >need to be tested & tweaks for windows I would assume. > >I'm totally fine keeping things as-is. Just thought the question had to be >raised :) > > > >On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 12:54 AM, Kerri Shotts ><kerrisho...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Yes, please! Descriptive errors would go a long way to making the >> tools easier to use. At least it would point at a specific reason for >> failure vs the current vague message. >> >> ______________________________ >> Kerri Shotts >> photoKandy Studios LLC >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> ๐ฑ Phone: +1 (312) 380-1035 >> ๐ Web: http://photokandy.com >> >> Twitter: @photokandy >> >> On Jan 20, 2013, at 22:14, Simon MacDonald <simon.macdon...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > -1 >> > >> > We should just make the windows scripts work better. Needs more >> descriptive >> > failures when something is not setup correctly. >> > >> > Simon Mac Donald >> > http://hi.im/simonmacdonald >> > >> > >> > On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 2:26 PM, Anis KADRI <anis.ka...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> >> -1 >> >> >> >> I (and most people) just want to get going and don't like >>dependencies. >> >> We're already requiring nodejs for a lot of the stuff we do. >> >> >> >> If you're referring to the Android windows scripts. I believe they >>work >> >> fine. If there are any issues with them, people should report them >>just >> as >> >> they would report any other issue. >> >> >> >> There is one outstanding issue on Windows that I will fix next week. >> >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-1961 >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 10:35 AM, Kerri Shotts <kerrisho...@gmail.com >> >>> wrote: >> >> >> >>> Just my 2ยข: people are already complaining about the number of parts >> that >> >>> need to be installed -- do we really want to add yet another? I >>realize >> >> it >> >>> would make the scripts easier, but the more moving (third party) >>parts >> >> that >> >>> have to be installed prior to using PhoneGap (especially those that >> >> aren't >> >>> required for the platform's SDK), the higher the barrier to entry. >>(But >> >>> then again, maybe that's a good thing...?) >> >>> >> >>> ___________________________________ >> >>> Kerri Shotts >> >>> photoKandy Studios, LLC >> >>> >> >>> On the Web: http://www.photokandy.com/ >> >>> >> >>> Social Media: >> >>> Twitter: @photokandy, http://twitter.com/photokandy >> >>> Tumblr: http://photokandy.tumblr.com/ >> >>> Github: https://github.com/kerrishotts >> >> https://github.com/organizations/photokandyStudios >> >>> CoderWall: https://coderwall.com/kerrishotts >> >>> >> >>> Apps on the Apple Store: >> >>> >> >>> >>https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/photokandy-studios-llc/id498577828 >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> On Jan 20, 2013, at 8:14, Andrew Grieve <agri...@google.com> wrote: >> >>> >> >>>> I'm sure this has come up some time in the past, but why not >>require >> >>> cygwin >> >>>> so that our scripts will work on windows? Cygwin has been a >> requirement >> >>> of >> >>>> most of the windows projects I've worked on in the past (when at >> >>> different >> >>>> companies). >> >> >>
