I would expect they would have a supported node version when they type: "npm install cordova"
which would do any version checks in the package.json [1] for supported node versions [1] - https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cordova-cli.git;a=blob_plain;f=package.json;hb=HEAD On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 3:22 PM, Bryan Higgins <br...@bryanhiggins.net>wrote: > So for Cordova 3.0 in general, users will be required to pre-install a > minimum version of node globally? > > We have had issues where upgrading node breaks stuff. I'd like to avoid > that and give users flexibility with their own system configuration. > > > On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 3:09 PM, Gord Tanner <gtan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > -1 > > > > I would rather we just use the system version of node which would be the > > same version as the CLI. I can't think of any reason a specific platform > > (aka BlackBerry) would need a special version of a common dependency. > > > > Also I don't think you can bundle binaries in an apache release. > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 3:01 PM, Bryan Higgins <bhigg...@blackberry.com > > >wrote: > > > > > I'd like to reopen the topic of bundling node js into the blackberry > > > platform. > > > > > > I have personally gotten feedback from users of errors which were > caused > > by > > > node version inconsistencies. We have since updated the check_req > script > > to > > > test for the minimum version of node we require, but that is not an > ideal > > > solution since users may need a different node version installed > globally > > > for other software. > > > > > > At a minimum, I'd like to give users the option to point to an > alternate > > > version of node. I have logged a JIRA issue for that. [1] > > > > > > What I'd prefer to do, is bundle the node binaries into the > distribution. > > > That would completely eliminate the dependency. Users would only need > to > > > worry about setting up the native SDK. > > > > > > We already do this in the WebWorks SDK [2] > > > > > > I'm interested how the community feels about this. Are there any > > licensing > > > concerns in Apache hosting binaries without source? > > > > > > [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-3798 > > > [2] > > > > > > > > > https://github.com/blackberry/BB10-Webworks-Packager/tree/master/third_party/node > > > > > >
