What is plugman? :-]
+1 apache dist link not on header, put it on footer
+1 updating "Contribute Page"
- add npm icon (link) to applicable components
- add bug icon (JIRA link) directly takes to see open issues for that
specific component, github repo's readme already have this info on how to
compose JIRA url
On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 8:17 PM Steven Gill <stevengil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sure. But for the example above, where someone wants cordova-android
> (especially with the new platform API), we are going to see more people
> wanting to require('cordova-android'). We should atleast provide links to
> our official download distributions on our site. If not on the
> contributions page, somewhere else. Maybe the repos that aren't published
> to npm just don't get the link?
>
> Another example, how does someone figure out how to install plugman
> currently?
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 5:12 PM, Dmitry Blotsky <dblot...@microsoft.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Footer sounds good to me.
> >
> > I’m not a fan of adding NPM links for two reasons though:
> > 1). Not every repo should be installed manually via NPM
> > 2). The information on the NPM page is already shown on GitHub
> >
> > Kindly,
> > Dmitry
> >
> > > On Dec 1, 2015, at 4:20 PM, Steven Gill <stevengil...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > I'd say footer as most of our users aren't going to use dist.
> > >
> > > I think it is worth adding the npm links for all of our repos at
> > >
> >
> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3a%2f%2fcordova.apache.org%2fcontribute%2f&data=01%7c01%7cdblotsky%40microsoft.com%7c5ec7ab5bff404293b51a08d2faae74f7%7c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&sdata=CN9fj7oBBdz9NjcPtMg9lBwmoGWoR1ckyfdzwvKnDGw%3d
> > beside the github and apache git repo
> > > links.
> > >
> > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 3:59 PM, Dmitry Blotsky <dblot...@microsoft.com
> >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> We do have “npm install -g cordova” on the front page, but I guess
> there
> > >> is no clear link to
> >
> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3a%2f%2fdist.apache.org%2frepos%2fdist%2frelease%2fcordova%2f&data=01%7c01%7cdblotsky%40microsoft.com%7c5ec7ab5bff404293b51a08d2faae74f7%7c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&sdata=3DOY5UW13ODLMdOC1igajVAavJjIproR0mWP%2bL46z1E%3d
> > >> anywhere. I really like that link and I think it would be great to
> have
> > it
> > >> easily accessible. I’m leaning toward the header (a bit loud) or the
> > footer
> > >> (a bit hard to find). Where do you folks think it should go?
> > >>
> > >> Kindly,
> > >> Dmitry
> > >>
> > >> On Dec 1, 2015, at 2:12 PM, Steven Gill <stevengil...@gmail.com
> <mailto:
> > >> stevengil...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> If you want cordova-android, you can download it from github[1],
> npm[2]
> > or
> > >> apache dist[3].
> > >>
> > >> We need to add links to npm + dist on the website. Any thoughts where
> we
> > >> should add them? Maybe we should add a download section.
> > >>
> > >> [1] https://github.com/apache/cordova-android
> > >> [2]
> > >>
> >
> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.npmjs.com%2fpackage%2fcordova-android&data=01%7c01%7cdblotsky%40microsoft.com%7c8b5b6e4b8fa2407e1ec208d2fa9c8e90%7c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&sdata=GGHnAI%2f5yayUamaOj8SMXpoE1DhmGPAt59g8r9yI2JE%3d
> > >> [3]
> > >>
> >
> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3a%2f%2fdist.apache.org%2frepos%2fdist%2frelease%2fcordova%2f&data=01%7c01%7cdblotsky%40microsoft.com%7c8b5b6e4b8fa2407e1ec208d2fa9c8e90%7c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&sdata=U9We28UuDLFjnOaKQgqNRfBAEqJJteyP%2fqHfyvcQb7E%3d
> > >>
> > >> On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 7:20 AM, Robert Hoffmann <
> > >> robert.hoffmann....@gmail.com<mailto:robert.hoffmann....@gmail.com>>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Hi,
> > >>
> > >> The cordova documentation refers multiple time to "download from
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=cordova.apache.org&data=01%7c01%7cdblotsky%40microsoft.com%7c8b5b6e4b8fa2407e1ec208d2fa9c8e90%7c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&sdata=BE5ImGaeeiU0b73d8qvcUWwPXMpKVGaMjuEDAXusDGo%3d
> > >> "
> > >>
> > >> e.g.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3a%2f%2fcordova.apache.org%2fdocs%2fen%2flatest%2fguide%2fplatforms%2fandroid%2ftools.html&data=01%7c01%7cdblotsky%40microsoft.com%7c8b5b6e4b8fa2407e1ec208d2fa9c8e90%7c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&sdata=hkjD6j9615mybO%2b%2bjcmmKSTuheVaRaZoRJSQN5zD1uE%3d
> > >> "To enable shell tools for Android, download Cordova from
> > >> cordova.apache.org. The download contains separate archives for each
> > >> platform."
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3a%2f%2fcordova.apache.org%2fdocs%2fen%2flatest%2fguide%2foverview%2findex.html&data=01%7c01%7cdblotsky%40microsoft.com%7c8b5b6e4b8fa2407e1ec208d2fa9c8e90%7c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&sdata=9bqMnb8zi%2fiUvgDenS7TIgDEsnaV5mP89E9jky9fEtE%3d
> > >> "Lower-level shell utilities are available at
> > >>
> >
> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=cordova.apache.org&data=01%7c01%7cdblotsky%40microsoft.com%7c8b5b6e4b8fa2407e1ec208d2fa9c8e90%7c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&sdata=BE5ImGaeeiU0b73d8qvcUWwPXMpKVGaMjuEDAXusDGo%3d
> > >> in a
> > >> separate distribution than the CLI"
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> But at
> > >>
> >
> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3a%2f%2fcordova.apache.org%2f&data=01%7c01%7cdblotsky%40microsoft.com%7c8b5b6e4b8fa2407e1ec208d2fa9c8e90%7c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&sdata=hc857cM2xzUvrzC9V0zEUlgfKfCvynjPZN37iAAwXl8%3d
> > >> there is no download section (at least
> > >> none that I could find).
> > >>
> > >> Under the menu Contribute "
> > >>
> >
> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3a%2f%2fcordova.apache.org%2fcontribute%2f&data=01%7c01%7cdblotsky%40microsoft.com%7c8b5b6e4b8fa2407e1ec208d2fa9c8e90%7c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&sdata=PzScgbaOegMDg2EwYuVpM7fbS%2fuA7I1a3QHwAcg1olw%3d
> > "
> > >> there
> > >> are links to github projects...
> > >>
> > >> Is this the place to download platform shell tools (e.g.
> > cordova-android)?
> > >>
> > >> But what about stable releases, are they available somewhere?
> > >>
> > >> Sorry, if I should be missing something very basic.
> > >>
> > >> Thank you,
> > >> Robert
> > >>
> > >>
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