I would like to see CB-2606 https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-2606to be resolved soon.
Moving from config.xml to config.json or package.json is a breaking change and rewards a major version number change. I would like to see phonegap buyin for that too if possible. 2014-02-13 5:10 GMT+01:00 Gorkem Ercan <gorkem.er...@gmail.com>: > On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 10:42 PM, Andrew Grieve <agri...@chromium.org > >wrote: > > > Sounds good to leave them in then. > > > > Why I ask now is for the <icon> and <splashscreen> discussions / pull > > requests going on right now. > > > > We can call them: > > <cdv:icon> <cdv:splashscreen> > > > > > There is also an <icon> element on the w3c specification (the default > namespace). You may want to reuse that one > > > > > And then start thinking about moving to JSON. > > > > I would not mind. > > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 6:12 PM, Brian LeRoux <b...@brian.io> wrote: > > > > > Ya I think my ambivalence stems from the same thinking Josh points out. > > I'd > > > love to move us to package.json personally. I think all agreed last > > meeting > > > that was solving problems we don't really have. > > > > > > And ultimately MANY downstreams are relying on both XML and namespaces > so > > > removing them will have be a noisy MAJOR update sort of thing. > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 2:54 PM, Josh Soref <jso...@blackberry.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > Andrew wrote: > > > > > Maybe I'm crazy, but I can't stand them. > > > > > > > > Most people can't > > > > > > > > > I don't think they add any value, > > > > > > > > They allow other products which are frozen ("released to an > audience") > > to > > > > interoperate in a defined manner with your software. And vice versa. > > > > > > > > If you don't care about that, then there isn't much reason to use XML > > > > (it's a horrible language). > > > > > > > > For the most part, I'd say that Cordova pretty much by definition > > doesn't > > > > care about this. Moving the file from www/ to www/../ broke existing > > > > software (amusingly including cordova serve). Cordova's view is > > basically > > > > that people will update their tools to work with the new version. And > > > > that's fine, but it isn't really a match for the promise of XML. > > > > > > > > > and are a cause of confusion. > > > > > > > > Absolutely > > > > > > > > > So... I'd like to: > > > > > A: Remove xmlns="http://www.w3.org/ns/widgets" from our config.xml > > > > template > > > > > B: Change xmlns:cdv="http://cordova.apache.org/ns/1.0" -> xmlns=" > > > > http://cordova.apache.org/ns/1.0" > > > > > C: Revert the commit that enforces the namespace to exist. > > > > > > > > > Does anyone hate this idea? > > > > > > > > I'm pretty sure we (BlackBerry) will have to do some work in response > > to > > > > this, but that isn't a big deal. > > > > > > > > If you're going to depart from the file format, why not switch to > JSON? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/archive/2014/02/06/json-debugger-visualizer-in-visual-studio-2013.aspxevenMicrosoftisoffering > editors for it. > > > > > > > > Is there any value that you see in Cordova using XML? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >