i've sent an initial PR here https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugman/pull/25
On Oct 8, 2013, at 6:37 PM, Anis KADRI <anis.ka...@gmail.com> wrote: > +1 for plugman > > On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 11:42 AM, Brian LeRoux <b...@brian.io> wrote: >> Ya I think this is a reasonable addition to Plugman, and will flow nicely >> for our dev community. >> >> You can imagine in the docs. "here's how you: create, install, remove, and >> discover plugins". >> >> >> On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 11:33 AM, Lucas Holmquist <lholm...@redhat.com>wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Oct 8, 2013, at 2:27 PM, Michal Mocny <mmo...@chromium.org> wrote: >>> >>>> Lukas, its awesome that you are working on this, and I really like the >>> idea >>>> of a yeoman generator for this. >>>> >>>> However, I'm having trouble understanding what it is that plugman is >>> doing >>>> here? Why can't yeoman create the template without plugman's involvement >>>> at all? Why is it a must to extend plugman? >>>> >>> >>> It doesn't have to, in fact my first iteration didn't use plugman at all. >>> I thought it would be better to extend plugman and add some new commands, >>> so if someone creating another tool, for example an eclipse plugin or >>> something, they could use the new functionality >>> >>> A Yeoman generator is just one example of an abstraction layer >>> >>>> I had expected that - at most - you would need minor changes to plugman >>> to >>>> support "install"/"register" of the new plugin from a non-external >>>> directory location, something like that. >>> >>> Well, i think this is where we are disconnecting a bit. This new command >>> for plugman won't install anything, it is just for scaffolding new plugins. >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> -Michal >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 12:24 PM, Lucas Holmquist <lholm...@redhat.com >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> So i've started some work on adding a "create" command to plugman w.r.t >>>>> this JIRA https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-4886 >>>>> >>>>> what i was thinking for workflow would be : >>>>> >>>>> $ plugman create --name "PluginName" --plugin_id "The PluginID" >>>>> --plugin_version "the plugin version" --variable description="Some Cool >>>>> Description" >>>>> >>>>> You could add multiple variables such as author and license >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> The result would be a basic file structure set up, with a base JS file, >>>>> and a very basic plugin.xml setup. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Then to add a platform, there could be another command, which i'm >>> having >>>>> a hard time naming, like this >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> $ plugman platform --platform_name=ios >>>>> >>>>> Then this would scaffold out some basic .h and .m files and add the >>>>> "platform" tag to the plugin.xml >>>>> >>>>> Android would do android specific stuff, etc… >>>>> >>>>> This should also probably be >>>>> >>>>> $ plugman platform --add …. >>>>> >>>>> or >>>>> >>>>> $ plugman platform --remove … >>>>> >>>>> but i haven't gotten that far yet. >>>>> >>>>> I've updated my yeoman generator to use plugman behind the scenes and >>> also >>>>> to use my fork with these new changes >>>>> >>>>> here is my current fork for yeoman >>>>> https://github.com/lholmquist/cordova-plugman/tree/for_yeoman >>>>> >>>>> i still need to add tests, just wanted to see the thoughts first >>>>> >>>>> Here is a shameless plug for my blog where i go into a bit more detail: >>>>> >>> http://blog.lholmquist.org/cordova/phonegap/yeoman/plugman/2013/10/03/plugin-generator/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sep 20, 2013, at 11:24 AM, Brian LeRoux <b...@brian.io> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> +1 >>>>>> >>>>>> totally awesome >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Michal Mocny <mmo...@chromium.org> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Filed CB-4886 for plugin create. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> There were a few previous threads about it, and it seemed to be a >>>>>>> positively received proposal. Linked to the more recent mailing list >>>>>>> discussions from the JIRA issue. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Probably a low priority item, but if you would like to take a shot at >>> it >>>>>>> Lucas, that would be awesome. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -Michal >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 5:51 AM, Lucas Holmquist <lholm...@redhat.com >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Sep 20, 2013, at 1:27 AM, Brian LeRoux <b...@brian.io> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> This is great. I think we have it in our backlog to have something >>>>> like >>>>>>>>> `plugman create ...` and thusly `cordova plugin create ...`. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Would you be up for contributing back to the cordova tools? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Word Up. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I think it makes sense to be in the cordova tools. I started to do >>> it >>>>> in >>>>>>>> yeoman because i wanted to check out there generator stuff. and it's >>>>>>> shiny >>>>>>>> :) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 9:31 PM, Shazron <shaz...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Heh ;) I was waiting for "patches welcome :)" >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 12:29 PM, Lucas Holmquist < >>>>>>> lholm...@redhat.com >>>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> version 0.0.1 :) >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On Sep 19, 2013, at 3:28 PM, Shazron <shaz...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Awesome! Any reason not to use <js-module> instead? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 12:22 PM, Lucas Holmquist < >>>>>>>> lholm...@redhat.com >>>>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> I was looking for something to help me create a plugin but i >>>>> didn't >>>>>>>>>> see >>>>>>>>>>>>> anything, so i created a yeoman generator: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> https://npmjs.org/package/generator-cordova-plugin here is >>>>> version >>>>>>>>>>> 0.0.1 >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>>
