I resent that comment about lack of Windows testing! Have you seen my sweet swivel-monitor laptop that I have Windows 7 on?
On 8/7/13 12:11 PM, "Jesse" <purplecabb...@gmail.com> wrote: >Well, given that only Benn, and myself have contributed to the windows 8, >and windows phone platform scripts, and no one else even seems willing to >test the windows phone platform, it seems unfair to suggest we throw away >working code, and rewrite it just for fun. > >Having a dependency on node is not a big deal, it is the 30+ other npm >libraries that always seem to come along, each with varying support for >windows, that I have issues with. > >I will consider writing you a node callable facade, that still calls the >.bat and wsh files behind the scenes. > > > >@purplecabbage >risingj.com > > >On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 11:40 AM, Steven Gill <stevengil...@gmail.com> >wrote: > >> To install any plugins you at least need plugman which requires node. >>Our >> users are most likely going to have to install node as a dependency at >>some >> point. I don't see why having it as a dependency for platform libraries >>is >> such a big deal. >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 11:34 AM, M. Lantz <mattla...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > +1 >> > >> > Agreed I pretty much only use Cordova cli at this stage to make apps >>and >> > as such don't have any issues keeping my node up to date or relying >>on is >> > as a dependency. >> > >> > M. Lantz >> > >> > On 2013-08-07, at 1:07 PM, Frank Hennig <fhe.developm...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > > +1 for all platforms >> > > >> > > I think it's not really an completely new dependency. Some >>components >> > actually depends on node.js like cordova-cli and plugman. Many >>developers >> > of cordova app's actually using grunt or bower and other node related >> stuff >> > to lint or to test their html and js code. >> > > >> > > A consistent tool and script language it's easier to maintain an to >> > debug. >> > > >> > > >> > > On Aug 7, 2013, at 12:14 AM, Filip Maj wrote: >> > > >> > >> I would like to introduce node.js as a dependency for the platform >> > >> libraries, so that the platform scripts (bin/create, cordova/run, >>etc) >> > are >> > >> written in node. >> > >> >> > >> Pros: >> > >> - For multi-OS platforms (Android, BlackBerry), this reduces >>committer >> > >> cognitive load as the scripts do not need to be authored in two >> > different >> > >> script languages (I.e. Shell for unix-y Oses, Wscript for Windows) >> > >> - consistency in tool/script language. Cordova-js, coho, cli and >> plugman >> > >> are all written on top of node.js. >> > >> >> > >> Cons: >> > >> - Introducing a new dependency >> > >> >> > >> NB: This is separate from platform-spec; I would like to see >> > platform-spec >> > >> created/used regardless of the outcome of this thread. >> > > >> > >>
