I'd really like it to be the case as well that our tools be cross-platform except where they can't be. One hurtle here is that iOS's create script is written in bash. It wouldn't be hard to convert to node using another platform as a template though.
On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 8:32 PM, Edna Y Morales <eymor...@us.ibm.com> wrote: > Thanks for the feedback everyone. I'm not seeing anything in the scripts > that require an environment to be set up other than compile and run, which > check the environment requirements. Maybe user added hooks would cause > issues. Adding a plugin seems to copy files into the project's platforms > and add references in XML files or keys in the plist file if necessary. But > perhaps I am missing something here? > > If it is not ideal to change the workflow then maybe the suggested --force > flag could be an alternative? > > Thanks, > Edna Morales > > [image: Inactive hide details for Gorkem Ercan ---10/18/2014 11:46:21 > AM---On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 06:22:12AM +0000, Parashuram Narasim]Gorkem > Ercan ---10/18/2014 11:46:21 AM---On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 06:22:12AM +0000, > Parashuram Narasimhan (MS OPEN TECH) wrote: > > From: Gorkem Ercan <gorkem.er...@gmail.com> > To: "dev@cordova.apache.org" <dev@cordova.apache.org> > Date: 10/18/2014 11:46 AM > Subject: Re: Adding ability to add any platform on any OS > ------------------------------ > > > > On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 06:22:12AM +0000, Parashuram Narasimhan (MS > OPEN TECH) wrote: > > What about saving and restoring platforms? Cordova platforms will not > be checked in, but we could do a cordova platform save. When I now do a > cordova platform restore on my Mac machine, will is try to restore the > Windows platform also and fail ? > > > > "cordova restore platforms" will not be able to restore windows on a > Mac, it basically > delegates to "cordova add" which will fail. Unfortunately, it will stop > platform restoration after first failed platform which I think should > not be the case [1]. > > I think the ultimate goal with cordova restore is to make it part of the > prepare cycle and remove plugins and platforms folders. In such a > setting restoring platforms that we can not cater on a host OS will > probably cause more harm. > > I can see some cases where this could be a useful feature but I do not > think > they are part of the main flow. Perhaps a --force flag can be added for > this one? > > [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-7820 > -- > Gorkem > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Josh Soref [mailto:jso...@blackberry.com <jso...@blackberry.com>] > > Sent: Friday, October 17, 2014 2:15 PM > > To: Jesse; dev@cordova.apache.org > > Subject: Re: Adding ability to add any platform on any OS > > > > cordova serve could still benefit from it... > > > > Although I haven't looked into it too much. Sent from my BlackBerry 10 > smartphone. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org > > >
