This release will not be complete as long as the cordova-ios-4.x board has issues. The only major issue is the plugin building stuff plus docs.
The removal was projected for some time - you might not have remembered the discussions in JIRA. NSData+Base64 are "Categories" in Objective-C parlance. These were *never* documented to be used outside of Cordova and are fair game for removal, particularly a major version release. The problem with Categories are, other non-Cordova code can implement these Categories with the same names as well -- and during runtime the implementation that is "chosen" is indeterminate. We can't have that with Cordova since JSON serialization and deserialization are important for the bridge. Yes, a blog post and "migration guide" is coming, among other things on my plate -- see https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-9785 My plan is to send pull requests to some plugins with the common issues, so people can see how to update. On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 9:45 PM, Nikhil Khandelwal <nikhi...@microsoft.com> wrote: > Where are we with this release? > > Alexander Sorokin did some analysis on plugin build failures because of this > ios-4.0-dev and there are quite a few. > > This spreadsheet summarizes the build failures with the build log in a > comment: > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sm8ioXY21z3RdyqT7J9n1Q_hmm9zgod5awToFF_X66U/edit?usp=sharing > > Quite a few of the failures are because of the removal of NsData+Base64.h > https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/blob/master/guides/API%20changes%20in%204.0.md#nsdatabase64h. > What's the rationale behind removing this? Did we deprecate these methods > before we removed them? > > I understand the changes for plugin developers are simple - but it does seem > to require a number of plugins to be updated to ensure apps are not broken. > > It will be great to publish a blog post on cordova blog about these breaking > changes. > > -Nikhil > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Carlos Santana [mailto:csantan...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, September 2, 2015 10:22 PM > To: dev@cordova.apache.org > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] cordova-ios 4.0.0 release > > +1 Choo Choo ... > > I reviewed all links in your proposal and they look and don't have concerns > > IBM MobileFirst was affected only by the API change of using webviewengine > now but that's so far the only major change > > In the kaban board for 4.0 there are some issues I consider nice to have that > are not blockers to get a 4.0 out for iOS if we get closed to the ios9 > launched date they can be deferred to a 4.0.1 > > On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 7:38 PM Shazron <shaz...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Gotta get the train going again, it's been too long. >> >> The kanban board for this is at: >> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3a%2f%2fissue >> s.apache.org%2fjira%2fsecure%2fRapidBoard.jspa%3frapidView%3d76&data=0 >> 1%7c01%7cnikhilkh%40microsoft.com%7c457cbbc8d60c461beede08d2b41fb286%7 >> c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&sdata=b11%2bCUSw4d5Q9SN%2b8roAWo >> Ra2plB0lJXeCJb9RC2Sqw%3d >> >> Please help if you can by assigning an issue to yourself, and >> selecting the "Start Progress" button. This will show who is working >> on what in the middle "In Progress" column. >> >> I've trimmed this and it includes cordova-ios platform issues, and >> some plugin issues. Priority given to platform issues of course, and >> issues with iOS 9. If there is a pressing issue that needs to go in, >> assign it the label "cordova-ios-4.0.x" but propose it to this thread >> first so we don't get de-railed, there's only so much room on the >> train. Similarly if you think an issue can get thrown off the train to >> cordova-ios-5.0.x, post on this thread. >> >> Focus is on core plugin stability with the new platform, since it does >> have API changes. If downstream distribution people are on this list, >> this concerns your third-party plugins too. >> >> The easiest way to test if it affects your plugin building: >> >> ``` >> cordova platform add >> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3a%2f%2fgithu >> b.com%2fapache%2fcordova-ios.git&data=01%7c01%7cnikhilkh%40microsoft.c >> om%7c457cbbc8d60c461beede08d2b41fb286%7c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db >> 47%7c1&sdata=%2fyEILBHFok2F6BK9aeOOd3ibr3V4GNFhvhWWek%2fRqjs%3d >> cordova plugin add your-plugin-id >> cordova build >> ``` >> >> Plugin updates and highlights: >> - API changes doc: >> >> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3a%2f%2fgithub.com%2fapache%2fcordova-ios%2fblob%2fmaster%2fguides%2fAPI%2520changes%2520in%25204.0.md&data=01%7c01%7cnikhilkh%40microsoft.com%7c457cbbc8d60c461beede08d2b41fb286%7c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&sdata=oc6rb7Mbb2%2bDmKRPwtRBd3jyl0gh74mA5I%2fwiHLpqhM%3d >> - 3 new private core plugins to the platform: >> >> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3a%2f%2fgithub.com%2fapache%2fcordova-ios%2ftree%2fmaster%2fCordovaLib%2fClasses%2fPrivate%2fPlugins&data=01%7c01%7cnikhilkh%40microsoft.com%7c457cbbc8d60c461beede08d2b41fb286%7c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&sdata=xoM2X4%2bcjp9oqKHhtviNfEdimxiIR%2bTJrg80tI1Fbek%3d >> - Plugin localized strings and resource loading: >> >> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3a%2f%2fgithub.com%2fapache%2fcordova-ios%2fblob%2fmaster%2fCordovaLib%2fClasses%2fPublic%2fCDVPlugin%252BResources.h&data=01%7c01%7cnikhilkh%40microsoft.com%7c457cbbc8d60c461beede08d2b41fb286%7c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&sdata=m2xhhALHTJ8rb2aPg68hMWVcU9ebo51zGXwihQEr1LY%3d >> - Preferences helper: >> >> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3a%2f%2fgithub.com%2fapache%2fcordova-ios%2fblob%2fmaster%2fCordovaLib%2fClasses%2fPublic%2fNSDictionary%252BCordovaPreferences.h&data=01%7c01%7cnikhilkh%40microsoft.com%7c457cbbc8d60c461beede08d2b41fb286%7c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&sdata=jUUM60Yks2vRWVPJdeUc8Hhek3CuH6bYKwQlbXDZSxM%3d >> - WebViews as plugins. UIWebView is a private core plugin (see above). >> WKWebView as a plugin installable >> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3a%2f%2fgithu >> b.com%2fapache%2fcordova-plugins%2ftree%2fmaster%2fwkwebview-engine&da >> ta=01%7c01%7cnikhilkh%40microsoft.com%7c457cbbc8d60c461beede08d2b41fb2 >> 86%7c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&sdata=oxWiqvoBbVXRKZVL64w2WO >> XjbBJ%2fdvVu2cBVnV4hf9Y%3d >> >> I also want to highlight this scenario which a lot of people will >> encounter: >> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3a%2f%2fissue >> s.apache.org%2fjira%2fbrowse%2fCB-9592&data=01%7c01%7cnikhilkh%40micro >> soft.com%7c457cbbc8d60c461beede08d2b41fb286%7c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7c >> d011db47%7c1&sdata=oMjN7hq1FiR8YIr7tk6t4L8cG6FwAlCHVCiV7MYZdQs%3d >> >> I had to trim features and push it off to cordova-ios-5.0.x: >> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3a%2f%2fissue >> s.apache.org%2fjira%2fsecure%2fRapidBoard.jspa%3frapidView%3d86&data=0 >> 1%7c01%7cnikhilkh%40microsoft.com%7c457cbbc8d60c461beede08d2b41fb286%7 >> c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&sdata=4N1dxtFBRjM%2fgJULVWBYLc0Z >> NH7rJArJX5KlvDBqC68%3d >> >> Planned ship/vote date is around iOS 9 release time, which I believe >> is in >> 2 weeks or so (mid Sept 2015). >> >> Choo choo.... >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org
