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layout: post
author:
name: Andrew Grieve
url: https://twitter.com/GrieveAndrew
title: "Tools Release: Feb 28, 2014"
categories: news
tags: release tools
---
New versions of `plugman` and `cordova` are now live!
* [plugman@0.20.0](https://www.npmjs.org/package/plugman)
* [cordova@3.4.0-0.1.1](https://www.npmjs.org/package/cordova)
To update your tools:
npm update -g cordova
npm update -g plugman
Most notable changes include:
* New command `plugman create` for generating a plugin template (CB-4886)
* No longer necessary to run `cordova prepare` after installing a plugin
(CB-5647)
* `cordova` now shows output of builds and hook scripts
* Installing multiple plugins at once is now faster (CB-5885)
Other changes include:
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## cordova
* CB-5299 Speed up prepare by using plugman's new reapply_global_munge()
* CB-6076 Make "Generating config.xml from defaults" a verbose log
* CB-5181 Use spawn helper for all sub-shelling.
* CB-6049, CB-5181 Enable stdio for build sub-commands and hooks
## plugman
* CB-5647 Move <assets> copying from install to prepare
* CB-5804 Include platform tag information when publishing plugins
* CB-6076 Logging tweaks to be less verbose.
* CB-6088 FFOS: Look for config.xml in www_dir and in project_dir
* Win8/WP: Added SDKReference support via 'lib-file' tags
* Win8/WP: Remove ability to add .dll as content - it should be a
framework/reference
* Win8/WP: Added ability to add+remove ref to .winmd files
* CB-6025 iOS: Do not add static libraries (.a) to source files
* CB-5017 Accept proxy config for plugman
* CB-5720 Add resource-file support on Android
* config-changes.js: Major refactor & introduced reapply_global_munge().
