Github user purplecabbage commented on the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/cordova-wp8/pull/79#issuecomment-101383321
yes, it is a breaking change. That is why it is a 4.0.0 change. Plugin
authors need to use engine tags, and we need to make sure they work.
Personally, if I was writing a WP8.1 app, I would use cordova-wp8 and
upgrade stuff. Having a C# wrapper around a html/js presentation will
still be appealing to many. I would not expect cordova-wp8 to wither and
die anytime soon.
@purplecabbage
risingj.com
On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 11:33 AM, Nikhil Khandelwal <
[email protected]> wrote:
> @purplecabbage <https://github.com/purplecabbage> I'm really concerned
> with this switch for WP8 as it is breaking in nature. It changes how the
> Cordova WP8 JSON APIs behave and will cause a fair number of plugins to
> break. All plugins that break will have to make updates to support the new
> WP8 platform, and hence can't be used with the older version (3.x) of the
> WP8 platform.
>
> I would propose we don't make this disruptive change for WP8 which is a
> platform with limited runway as WP8.1+ should be using the Windows
> platform. WP8 should ideally be on life support and not making disruptive
> breaking changes that affect the plugin ecosystem.
>
> We should consider an incremental fix for file transfer and other plugins
> that need better support for JSON parsing instead of changing the platform
> itself: apache/cordova-plugin-file-transfer#72
> <https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-file-transfer/pull/72>
>
> â
> Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub
> <https://github.com/apache/cordova-wp8/pull/79#issuecomment-101378234>.
>
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