I would like to get rid of merges, now that you bring it up. We have far too many nuanced features that just sort of go undoc'd.
I may change my mind if someone can point me at a page in the docs that explains the full use and value of this feature because currently it just sounds like technical debt. My team is hiring! @purplecabbage risingj.com On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 2:38 PM, Raymond Camden <raymondcam...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oh sorry - well - I brought it up in an issue report for Ionic. > They've got a few different ways of handling this, and I thought it > might make sense to mention the Cordova Merges feature too. I was > asked if it was possibly going away, hence me asking the Powers that > Be here. (Wait, I think I'm one of those Powers...) > > On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 4:32 PM, Carlos Santana <csantan...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Ok I agree for simple use case is very simple to drop files in merges. > Which is the use case for visual studio template. > > > > Just curious on why an open ended question? > > > > It will be the same as me asking "Is hooks as a Feature going away?" > With not other context. > > > > What prompted you to ask a the random question? > > > > Did someone told you that merges is going away? > > > > - Carlos > > Sent from my iPhone > > > >> On Sep 1, 2015, at 5:18 PM, Raymond Camden <raymondcam...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> Ok, so now we're off my initial question and into a debate. :) > >> > >> I think you are absolutely right - there are more powerful solutions - > >> but that doesn't negate the ease of use of merges. The simplicity of > >> it may be just fine for many use cases. > >> > >> > >>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Carlos Santana <csantan...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>> If people wants achieve to do what merges do, I recommend hooks or > custom build process (i.e. npm scripts, gulp, grunt, ant, perl, ruby, etc) > or running custom build from hooks. > >>> > >>> There is more flexibility and control thru hooks than merges. > >>> > >>> - Carlos > >>> Sent from my iPhone > >>> > >>>> On Sep 1, 2015, at 5:04 PM, Raymond Camden <raymondcam...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>> K good enough for me. I don't agree with you. ;) > >>>> > >>>>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 3:25 PM, Carlos Santana <csantan...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>>>> In my personal opinion it's not a best practice anymore to use > merges. > >>>>> > >>>>> The feature works today if you create a folder "merges" > >>>>> > >>>>> cordova create doesn't create it by default > >>>>> It will not go away, visual studio leverages the "merges" folder in > their cordova templates. > >>>>> > >>>>> It will not be remove or deprecated, and at the same time will not > be highlighted as a main Cordova "F"eature > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> - Carlos > >>>>> Sent from my iPhone > >>>>> > >>>>>> On Sep 1, 2015, at 3:34 PM, Raymond Camden <raymondcam...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> That's not what I'm asking though. What I'm asking is - as a > "Feature" > >>>>>> (capital F ;) of Cordova, is it something that is going away? > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 11:07 AM, Carlos Santana < > csantan...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>>>> For mfp cordova it's not needed, there are modern ways of > achieving this. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> In cordova you can use hooks and merges > >>>>>>> More advance users can use their build tooling like grunt, gulp, > etc. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> - Carlos > >>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> On Sep 1, 2015, at 11:54 AM, Raymond Camden < > raymondcam...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Just a quick question - is merges as a feature going away? I > haven't > >>>>>>>> seen anything about that here, but just checking. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> -- > >>>>>>>> > =========================================================================== > >>>>>>>> Raymond Camden, Developer Advocate for MobileFirst at IBM > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Email : raymondcam...@gmail.com > >>>>>>>> Blog : www.raymondcamden.com > >>>>>>>> Twitter: raymondcamden > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>>>>>> 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 > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> -- > >>>>>> > =========================================================================== > >>>>>> Raymond Camden, Developer Advocate for MobileFirst at IBM > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Email : raymondcam...@gmail.com > >>>>>> Blog : www.raymondcamden.com > >>>>>> Twitter: raymondcamden > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>>>> 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 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> > =========================================================================== > >>>> Raymond Camden, Developer Advocate for MobileFirst at IBM > >>>> > >>>> Email : raymondcam...@gmail.com > >>>> Blog : www.raymondcamden.com > >>>> Twitter: raymondcamden > >>>> > >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> 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 > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> > =========================================================================== > >> Raymond Camden, Developer Advocate for MobileFirst at IBM > >> > >> Email : raymondcam...@gmail.com > >> Blog : www.raymondcamden.com > >> Twitter: raymondcamden > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> 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 > > > > > > -- > =========================================================================== > Raymond Camden, Developer Advocate for MobileFirst at IBM > > Email : raymondcam...@gmail.com > Blog : www.raymondcamden.com > Twitter: raymondcamden > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org > >
