Agreed with Michal. There's actually a third option coming too: we want apps to be able to name dependencies. So you should be able to copy in the mobile-spec app, then `cordova plugin add` or whatever the syntax becomes, and it will install all of the app's dependencies.
Braden On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 10:00 AM, Andrew Grieve <agri...@chromium.org> wrote: > Just updated the README.md to remove the pre-3.0 setup instructions. > > > On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 9:53 AM, Michal Mocny <mmo...@chromium.org> wrote: > > > I don't really think we need this feature: > > > > (1) We already have plugin's which support dependencies. Combined with > the > > plugin repository, this means your alias feature is equivalent to > creating > > a do-nothing plugin that specifies its dependencies. > > > > (2) Also, we will soon have a way to specify application template (ie, > > replace "hello world"), which combined with plugin dependencies for apps, > > means that creating mobile spec will be as easy as `cordova create > > PATH_TO_MOBILE_SPEC` and adding platforms. > > > > -Michal > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 9:40 PM, lmnbeyond <lmnbey...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > + 1 It's great > > > > > > Best Regards! > > > > > > > > > > > > On 2013-9-3, at 上午8:37, Brian LeRoux <b...@brian.io> wrote: > > > > > > > love this idea > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Jonathan Bond-Caron < > > > > jbo...@gdesolutions.com> wrote: > > > > > > > >> Setting up the mobile spec app was tedious since I didn't know the > > > >> dependencies. > > > >> > > > >> I wrote a small patch that allows to pull a plugin from a git > > > subdirectory > > > >> e.g. cordova plugin add > > > >> > > https://github.com/jbondc/cordova-labs?subdir=cordova-deps-mobile-spec > > > >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-4715 > > > >> > > > >> It got me thinking there might an opportunity to make this less > > tedious > > > >> with an 'alias' > > > >> > > > >> e.g. cordova plugin add @cordova-test > > > >> > > > >> The @ symbol signals an 'alias' (cordova-test) that cli would expand > > to > > > >> "https://.../cordova-plugin-battery-status https:// > > > .../cordova-plugin-device > > > >> etc..." > > > >> The list of plugins simply gets passed to plugman. > > > >> > > > >> A couple of 'core' aliases could make it easier to get started with > > > >> cordova, e.g. > > > >> cordova plugin add @cordova-common > > > >> cordova plugin add @cordova-test > > > >> cordova plugin rm @cordova-test > > > >> > > > >> Could also be called packaged / collection / grouped plugins. > > > >> > > > >> Thoughts? > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > >
