I'm new to this mailing list. I work on the Intel(r) XDK which is another IDE which supports the creation of hybrid apps using Cordova plugins.
I'm having trouble figuring out what the proposed 'cordova plugin save' command does. Is there an up-to-date 'spec' that explains the goals of the command and the implementation? A couple of things that I have read in the mailing list concern me. There is mention of saving information in config.xml. The usage of config.xml is somewhat of a mystery to me: - Who owns the file? Does the user own and edit it? Do certain Cordova CLI commands edit it? What are the valid entries? - Is it treated differently by different platform builds - e.g. iOS vs. Android? Is it treated differently by Cordova CLI vs. other Cordova IDEs which directly use Cordova CLI or not - e.g. PhoneGap build? - If Cordova CLI wants to store 'project-level' metadata, is this a good place to put it? If the answer to the first question above is not well defined, or the answer to the second question is that different 'things' are using it differently, then config.xml may not be a good place to be putting new metadata. There is a mention of plugin "restoring" and making the plugins directory optional. This relates to the issue of plugin 'versions'. Now, when a user executes 'cordova plugin add', plugin sources are fetched and the version of the plugin that was added is fixed until the user explicitly removes and re-adds it. Is 'cordova plugin save' & 'restore' suggesting a new version management model? E.g. if I add a plugin without a specific version suffix and 'restore' it later, I may not get the same version, right? If there is a 'spec', I should be able to answer these questions myself. Thanks, Leo Treggiari
