Why do we want to allow IOS create on windows? Xcode(a mac) is a
requirement for development for iOS. I don't understand why this
functionality is needed. WP stuff needs a windows machine to
run/build/emulate. Hence why those commands are only available on a windows
machine.


On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 1:05 PM, Bas Bosman <cord...@nazgul.nu> wrote:

> I've been looking into this. (JIRA CB-5706)
>
> The current create and update scripts for iOS are shell and Python script.
> Both of which aren't available on Windows without jumping through a lot of
> hoops.
>
> Converting the scripts to JavaScript, modeled after the Android scripts,
> will fix the issues of not being able to run them on Windows as we already
> have a Node dependency.
>
> But the bigger problem is check_reqs. That will never succeed on Windows
> as there's no XCode there.
>
> Maybe add an optional --force parameter that will allow people to ignore
> the check_reqs result?
>
> Before creating a JIRA issue for that I wanted to solicit some opinions
> here. Is this a valid course of action? Are there better alternatives?
>
> Bas
>
>

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