Github user purplecabbage commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/cordova-paramedic/pull/18#discussion_r92469947
--- Diff: lib/appium/AppiumRunner.js ---
@@ -102,6 +102,24 @@ function getConfigPath(appPath) {
return path.join(appPath, 'config.xml');
}
+function installAppiumServer() {
+ /*
+ * We install appium in this counter-intuitive way at runtime in order
to
+ * not trigger massive dependency downloads via `npm install` for
autotest
+ * execution. Installing appium only happens in the local-running
case, and
+ * thus is not needed in our CI system. By using this method, we save
the CI
+ * a lot of time.
+ * ALTERNATIVE: what if paramedic dependencies were installed via `npm
install
+ * --production`, and appium was stuffed into `devDependencies`. That
should
+ * also prevent this problem?
--- End diff --
I agree with @alsorokin here. Can we avoid sacrificing the individual
plugin developer for the sake of the CI server?
This seems like it's maybe a case where we could/should use a *-connect
approach and have another module that provides the connection to appium. Or
maybe we use feature detection to poke for the appium module and use it if it's
present. ... not sure
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