Neat! I like this one: "_from":"/Users/anis/Projects/cordova/cordova-coho/cordova-plugin-camera/"
So long as we're generating the package.json, we can commandeer fields that we know get stored for our own purposes :). E.g. stuff the engine info in the _from field. On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 7:23 PM, Anis KADRI <anis.ka...@gmail.com> wrote: > Just `curl http://registry.cordova.io/camera` (or any plugin name) or > enter it in your browser to see what's stored. Basically: "not a hell > of a lot" xD. > > I've created a review request for Andrew and Braden, both plugman and > cli and if you guys agree I can merge it this week. I was hoping today > but it can wait a few more days. > > On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 4:04 PM, Andrew Grieve <agri...@chromium.org> > wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 3:47 PM, Anis KADRI <anis.ka...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> Just catching up... > >> > >> To answer various questions: > >> > >> I am not sure about the Apache VM but irishcouch [1] is graciously > >> offering us a free CouchDB instance. What's cool about couch is that > >> it's really easy to replicate data across multiple instances. I am > >> using a proxy on EC2 to handle URL rewrites and requests but it > >> doesn't do anything else. I believe CouchDB can do that itself but I > >> haven't looked into it. > >> > > Awesome, yeah, I pinged Mike's bug, but don't think it's worth delaying > if > > it doesn't get resolved in time. > > > > > >> > >> As far as stats, I haven't looked into it yet but it's definitely an > >> important feature. So it is one of the first things I will be looking > >> into once I merge everything back into master. > >> > >> It stores the tarball (tgz) indeed and doesn't store the plugin.xml > >> separately unfortunately. We'd have to fork npm in order to do that. > >> > > I suppose what I was getting at was - how does "npm search" work? what > info > > is kept in the DB besides the tgz? I think we'd want our <engine> info > > before downloading the tgz. > > > > > >> > >> The README is indeed not up to date (I should get on that!) but the > >> help doc is [2] > >> > >> As far as naming conventions. According to npm's conventions > >> "The name ends up being part of a URL, an argument on the command > >> line, and a folder name. Any name with non-url-safe characters will be > >> rejected. Also, it can't start with a dot or an underscore." > >> > >> I am guessing that we could use org.apache.cordova.camera or whatever > >> but is that user friendly ? I don't know....It's definitely better to > >> have that because it allows developers to create plugins for the same > >> functionality without having to name it "camera4156" for example. It's > >> up for debate. > >> > >> [1] http://www.iriscouch.com/ > >> [2] > >> > https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cordova-plugman.git;a=blob;f=doc/help.txt;h=ae90cd7568f28d7816abad8cfa1b786cbee956ef;hb=plugman-registry > >> > >> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Steven Gill <stevengil...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > I created this issue [1] for fixing the name tag for the plugins. I > think > >> > this is what Anis meant. I am creating dev branches for plugins right > now > >> > and going to make this change + [2] and [3]. > >> > > >> > [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-4370 > >> > [2] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-4338 > >> > [3] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-4371 > >> > > >> > > >> > On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 10:47 AM, Andrew Grieve <agri...@chromium.org > >> >wrote: > >> > > >> >> Anis - want to put your changes up on reviews.apache.org? Would > make it > >> >> easier to see & comment on your changes. > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Mike Billau <mike.bil...@gmail.com > > > >> >> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> > (Still no word from ASF on the Apache VM: > >> >> > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-6422) > >> >> > > >> >> > On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Braden Shepherdson < > >> >> bra...@chromium.org > >> >> > >wrote: > >> >> > > >> >> > > Looks good! > >> >> > > > >> >> > > I'm wondering about the naming convention - does that mean we'll > >> have > >> >> to > >> >> > > change all our plugins from java.style.reverse.domains to > >> singlewords? > >> >> > > > >> >> > > Braden > >> >> > > > >> >> > > > >> >> > > On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 6:04 PM, Andrew Grieve < > >> agri...@chromium.org > >> >> > >wrote: > >> >> > > > >> >> > >> Will definitely try this out tomorrow! Super awesome! > >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> Where is the database hosted? I remember a while ago Mike was > >> going to > >> >> > >> look > >> >> > >> into getting an Apache VM to host server things on. Did that > come > >> >> about? > >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> One of the things we'll hugely benefit from this is getting > stats > >> on > >> >> > what > >> >> > >> plugins people are installing. Is that a feature yet? > >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> Wondering what gets hosted on the server when you "plugman > >> publish". > >> >> I'm > >> >> > >> guessing a .tgz of your plugin... Is that right? Does it store > the > >> >> > >> plugin.xml separately from the .tgz so that metadata can be > queried > >> >> from > >> >> > >> it? > >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 7:50 PM, Anis KADRI < > anis.ka...@gmail.com> > >> >> > wrote: > >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> > Sure, > >> >> > >> > > >> >> > >> > cordova-plugman is here [1] > >> >> > >> > > >> >> > >> > cordova-cli is here [2] > >> >> > >> > > >> >> > >> > the registry itself is here [3] and the website to browse > >> plugins > >> >> is > >> >> > >> here > >> >> > >> > [4] > >> >> > >> > > >> >> > >> > [1] http://bit.ly/1bKTvsd > >> >> > >> > [2] http://bit.ly/1bKTHYu > >> >> > >> > [3] http://registry.cordova.io > >> >> > >> > [4] http://plugins.cordova.io > >> >> > >> > > >> >> > >> > It's easy to setup your own registry and it's also easy to > >> replicate > >> >> > >> from > >> >> > >> > one registry to the other. > >> >> > >> > > >> >> > >> > -a > >> >> > >> > > >> >> > >> > > >> >> > >> > On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 4:41 PM, Steven Gill < > >> >> stevengil...@gmail.com> > >> >> > >> > wrote: > >> >> > >> > > >> >> > >> > > Hey Anis, > >> >> > >> > > > >> >> > >> > > Sounds awesome! Can you share the repo links for the > registry > >> >> itself > >> >> > >> and > >> >> > >> > > any other repos that are related? > >> >> > >> > > > >> >> > >> > > > >> >> > >> > > On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 4:26 PM, Anis KADRI < > a...@apache.org> > >> >> > wrote: > >> >> > >> > > > >> >> > >> > > > Hello, > >> >> > >> > > > > >> >> > >> > > > I wanted to update the list on my progress on this topic. > >> I've > >> >> > been > >> >> > >> > > working > >> >> > >> > > > on this for the past month or so and I believe it will > solve > >> the > >> >> > >> issue > >> >> > >> > of > >> >> > >> > > > finding plugins for our users (core and 3rd party). > >> >> > >> > > > > >> >> > >> > > > I committed everything to plugman and cordova-cli under > the > >> >> > >> > > > 'plugman-registry' > >> >> > >> > > > > >> >> > >> > > > Everything should be well documented under the project's > >> README > >> >> > but > >> >> > >> I > >> >> > >> > > > should probably update the wiki and write a blog post as > >> well. > >> >> > >> > > >> >> > >> I don't see the README updated with any of the new features > >> (looking > >> >> > here: > >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> >> > > >> >> > >> > https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cordova-plugman.git;a=blob_plain;f=README.md;hb=plugman-registry > >> >> > >> ) > >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> > > > > >> >> > >> > > > Now that 3.0 is released, I would like to merge this > feature > >> >> back > >> >> > >> into > >> >> > >> > > > master on both projects by the end of this week if > possible. > >> It > >> >> > >> would > >> >> > >> > be > >> >> > >> > > > great if folks try it out and give me some feedback. > >> >> > >> > > > > >> >> > >> > > > The registry is based on NPM and because of that, all of > your > >> >> > >> plugins > >> >> > >> > > need > >> >> > >> > > > to be renamed using NPM's conventions: all lowercase and > no > >> >> > spaces. > >> >> > >> > I've > >> >> > >> > > > already published some to plugins.cordova.io. > >> >> > >> > > > > >> >> > >> > > > plugman allows to install, adduser, publish, unpublish and > >> >> search. > >> >> > >> > > > cordova-cli only allows installation and search. I think > that > >> >> > plugin > >> >> > >> > > > authoring should be done with plugman as I am not sure > what > >> the > >> >> > flow > >> >> > >> > > would > >> >> > >> > > > look like with cordova-cli. This can change. > >> >> > >> > > > > >> >> > >> > > > The only difference between npm and plugman is the > >> >> > (un)installation > >> >> > >> > part. > >> >> > >> > > > Everything else is pretty much the same. Plugin authors > are > >> not > >> >> > >> > required > >> >> > >> > > to > >> >> > >> > > > write a package.json as this is automatically generated by > >> the > >> >> > tool > >> >> > >> > from > >> >> > >> > > > the plugin.xml. I've added a few tags to the > specification to > >> >> > >> support > >> >> > >> > > this > >> >> > >> > > > new use case. > >> >> > >> > > > > >> >> > >> > > > Let me know if you have any questions or requests. > >> >> > >> > > > > >> >> > >> > > > Anis > >> >> > >> > > > > >> >> > >> > > > >> >> > >> > > >> >> > >> > >> >> > > > >> >> > > > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >
