Perhaps either plugman or the registry should do some validation, and have some "required" fields? I know that PhoneGap Build when you try to submit a plugin they error out if you are missing some fields that they require.
On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Gorkem Ercan <gorkem.er...@gmail.com>wrote: > +1 for adding metadata but should more of the metadata be compulsory? > > JBoss tools plugin discovery uses the cordova.io registry and some of the > plugins are missing a lot to. http://snag.gy/aAxjL.jpg is a screenshot > that shows how the case. http://snag.gy/J8rl6.jpg is a screenshot of a few > plugins that has most of its data. As you can see with the missing > descriptions etc. it is not possible to do an informed decision on whether > to use a plugin or not. Although information such as keywords does not seem > like important it becomes quite useful when you are trying to find a > certain plugin. > -- > Gorkem > > > On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Michal Mocny <mmo...@chromium.org> wrote: > > > +1 to repo / issue / website / docs etc metadata > > > > -1 *for now* to dependencies at specific versions, and testing related > > changes like <mode>, just because its not clear what the right solution > to > > these problems is. We do need to address it, but those topics will > likely > > move to separate discussions. > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 12:24 PM, Lucas Holmquist <lholm...@redhat.com > > >wrote: > > > > > i was just thinking the same thing :) > > > On Oct 18, 2013, at 12:06 PM, Carlos Santana <csantan...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > plugin.xml metadata is looking more and more like a package.json > (i.e. > > > npm) > > > > ;-p > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 11:40 AM, Steve Gill <stevengil...@gmail.com > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > >> Yes I meant plugins.xml > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>> On Oct 18, 2013, at 5:43 AM, Lucas Holmquist <lholm...@redhat.com> > > > >> wrote: > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>> On Oct 17, 2013, at 7:54 PM, Steven Gill <stevengil...@gmail.com> > > > >> wrote: > > > >>>> > > > >>>> So looks like want to to start including more data on > > > >>>> http://plugins.cordova.io. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Repo tag -> points to repo where plugin lives > > > >>>> Issue tag -> points to issue tracker (with component for jira) > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Testing related (can get discussed more in testing thread > > > >>>> Mode tag -> to differentiate between testing mode and normal mode > > > >>>> JS module tag for test module > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Dependency related > > > >>>> adding version number to dependency tags so they don't just grab > > > latest > > > >>>> always. Multiple approaches were discussed and this discussion > > should > > > >>>> probably happen in a new thread. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Thoughts on above? Suggestions for other meta data we should look > > into > > > >>>> adding to config.xml? > > > >>> did you mean plugin.xml? > > > >>> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Carlos Santana > > > > <csantan...@gmail.com> > > > > > > > > >
