On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Joe Bowser <bows...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The CLI treats the platform code as a build artifact. While this is > the goal, the reality is that people modify the code, and people rely > on old plugins. There will be users who NEVER use the CLI because of > this fact, and will need to use plugman. Just because you want to > have people use the software in a particular way doesn't mean that > they will, and we should provide some support for people who want to > not use the CLI. I don't use the CLI, because I actually work with > the platform source on a regular basis and I don't want to constantly > destroy and rebuild the project that I hooked the framework source to. > > I know that people will say that I'm a special case, but the bug > tracker says otherwise. Also, we have CordovaWebView, which is a > component that isn't even supported with the CLI flow. Just because > the CLI is the new hawtness doesn't mean that we should neglect > everyone who chooses to actually hack Cordova into something they > want. > +1
