Yes, the plan is to have plugins versionned and backwards compatible with previous versions of Cordova. Depending on what cordova version you have installed there will/should be a specific version of that plugin that works with it. I will kick off a thread about this.
On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 7:10 AM, Michal Mocny <mmo...@chromium.org> wrote: > Excellent Suggestion. Plugin management is a huge focus for the next few > months and likely the major change for cordova 3.0. Expect improvements. > I'll let others speak to the specifics of the current plugin versioning > plan, but its great to have outside feedback on what we should focus on. > > -Michal > > > On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 2:56 AM, Ally Ogilvie <aogil...@wizcorp.jp> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I am a great fan of rolling releases and pushing much needed features out > > as soon as possible, something which the Cordova Team is awesome at > doing! > > > > (Here comes the however) However, I hope that as a platform we want not > > only indie developers but medium to large development studios to use the > > platform too. > > > > Unfortunately something that always plagues software projects is updates > > and stability etc. > > In a commercial project lasting 6-12 months for game development stuck to > > the same version of Cordova, its pretty common to see (from my > experience) > > that the kick ass plugin you wanted to use just jumped 10 versions of > > Cordova rendering it backwards incompatible for you to use... > > > > Assuming you cannot assassinate your project manager or find the extra > man > > hours to upgrade your Cordova platform (plus all your other plugins), I > > personally would love to see more advice given to plugin developers to > > version their shit. The platform does it, why not the plugins... > > > > Branches at best, tags at the very least. > > > > the Plugin Development Guide seems to be a logic place for this > > > > > http://docs.phonegap.com/en/2.5.0/guide_plugin-development_index.md.html#Plugin%20Development%20Guide > > > > I guess this would help developers use plugman too? > > > > (Rant over) :) > > > > Thanks all! > > > > -- > > <http://www.wizcorp.jp/>Ally Ogilvie > > Lead Developer - MobDev. | Wizcorp Inc. <http://www.wizcorp.jp/> > > ------------------------------ > > TECH . GAMING . OPEN-SOURCE WIZARDS+ 81 (0)3-4550-1448 | > > Website<http://www.wizcorp.jp/> > > | Twitter <https://twitter.com/Wizcorp> | > > Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/Wizcorp> > > | LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/company/wizcorp> > > >
