> > Should "cordova-plugman" be renamed to "node"?
- The cordova-plugman version returning node's version sounds like a bug. > It should be Plugman's NPM version number so far as I know. Yep, Braden is correct. That is totally a bug. Filed here: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-6023 On 11 February 2014 08:05, Braden Shepherdson <bra...@chromium.org> wrote: > The intention is that it allows plugins to specify that they require at > least a certain version of the native code for each platform. This would be > for things like added a new transport type to the bridge, as when we added > binary data transmission on iOS and Android a year or so ago. Any plugins > published that relied on it would specify at least that level of > cordova-android and cordova-ios, whichever releases the changes made it > into. It turns out that the native code is stable enough that this is > hardly ever relevant. > > Answering your questions: > - The cordova-plugman version returning node's version sounds like a bug. > It should be Plugman's NPM version number so far as I know. > - Very few. Most of the significant changes happened several versions ago; > in most cases ">= 3.0" is sufficient. > - Build time (more precisely, plugin install time). There are currently no > constraints or checks for eg. what versions of Android a plugin supports. > - This is true even of the "cordova" one, which is actually the version > of the `cordova` CLI tool if memory serves. > > > Braden > > > On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 10:20 AM, Jonathan Bond-Caron < > jbo...@gdesolutions.com> wrote: > > > I'm a bit confused about 'engines' > > > > To my surprise, "cordova-plugman" actually returns node's version: > > > > > https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugman/blob/master/src/util/default-engines.js > > > > Some questions: > > > > - Should "cordova-plugman" be renamed to "node"? > > > > - Are there many plugins that depend on "version x" of > > cordova-android, cordova-ios, xcode, ...? > > > > - Are 'engines' meant be build time requirements vs. runtime > > (~webview) requirements? > > > > > > > > It all looks like build time, with the exception of "cordova" where > > cordova.js exec() is required by the plugins. > > > > J > > > > > -- Timothy Kim
