Not if they are installed manually. It's not worth having some dependency just to read a version, that's nuts.
On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 1:15 PM, Jesse <purplecabb...@gmail.com> wrote: > the non-cordova cli path depends on node to install/uninstall plugins > > @purplecabbage > risingj.com > > > On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 1:08 PM, Shazron <shaz...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Of course I considered nodejs, but no, this is for the non-cordova CLI >> path, which does not need another dependency. >> >> On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 11:52 AM, Jesse <purplecabb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Yeah, if you are going to replace bash, replace it with nodejs! >> > >> > >> > @purplecabbage >> > risingj.com >> > >> > >> > On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 11:48 AM, Myles Borins <my...@famo.us> wrote: >> > >> >> Have you considered writing a small node script to pass the json? This >> >> would make it as simple as requiring in the package json an piping the >> >> relevant info to stdout >> >> On Aug 12, 2014 11:47 AM, "Shazron" <shaz...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> > Yeah I value life and my sanity - I'll probably replace the bash >> >> > script with python >> >> > >> >> > On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 11:40 AM, Lorin Beer <lorin.b...@gmail.com> >> >> wrote: >> >> > > one source for version information is better >> >> > > >> >> > > although parsing json with bash scripts seems janky >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 11:31 AM, Jesse <purplecabb...@gmail.com> >> >> wrote: >> >> > > >> >> > >> I think it still needs to exist in an output project ... which is >> not >> >> > >> (yet?) an npm project, and so does not have a package.json. >> >> > >> >> >> > >> The individual platform repos can get rid of it, they will just >> need >> >> to >> >> > >> modify the way they `create` new projects to read the value from >> >> > >> package.json and output it to NewProject/VERSION >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> @purplecabbage >> >> > >> risingj.com >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 11:25 AM, Shazron <shaz...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > >> >> >> > >> > For iOS, the only file I can see that depends on this is: >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> > 1. >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/blob/master/bin/templates/scripts/cordova/version >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> > Not sure of the alternative. >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> > This references it but can be removed: >> >> > >> > https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/blob/master/bin/create >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> > On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Steven Gill < >> >> stevengil...@gmail.com >> >> > > >> >> > >> > wrote: >> >> > >> > > Most of our repos have a package.json. It keeps track of >> >> versions. I >> >> > >> > think >> >> > >> > > we should work towards removing the VERSION files from the >> repos >> >> we >> >> > >> can. >> >> > >> > > >> >> > >> > > Thoughts? >> >> > >> > > >> >> > >> > > This would require some changes to coho so it doesn't try to >> >> update >> >> > the >> >> > >> > > version file when doing releases. >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >>
