Not that we want to outright endorse 3rd party plugins without due diligence, but there are other options than the FileTransfer plugin, such as https://www.npmjs.com/package/cordova-plugin-advanced-http
On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 1:46 PM Tim Brust <timbrust3...@gmail.com> wrote: > While I agree that we should somehow archive old code, I'm still -1 on a > deprecation of this plugin. (We've had some discussion about it here, too: > https://github.com/apache/cordova/issues/185) > XHR is not reliable and causes OOM errors when handling large data. > > > > On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 7:29 PM Norman Breau <nor...@normanbreau.com> > wrote: > > > +1 on archiving/adding [DEPRECATED] text in the description. > > > > On 2020-06-03 4:25 p.m., julio cesar sanchez wrote: > > > This happens with all the deprecated plugins we have, people keeps > > > reporting issues on them. > > > I proposed long ago to archive them, but some people was against it, > but > > I > > > think archiving is the way to go when something is deprecated. > > > > > > > > > El miércoles, 3 de junio de 2020, Jesse <purplecabb...@gmail.com> > > escribió: > > > > > >> +1 The deprecation notice needs to be prominent, I missed it myself > on a > > >> quick scroll. > > >> Some of that readme is in a specific format to support appearance in > > >> docs.cordova.io ( similar to > > >> https://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/latest/reference/ > > >> cordova-plugin-file/index.html > > >> ) > > >> This is no longer a requirement, so we can go prominent. > > >> We should also ask INFRA to put the text [DEPRECATED] in the > > description, > > >> and possibly even archive the repo. > > >> > > >> > > >> On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 12:02 PM Norman Breau <nor...@normanbreau.com> > > >> wrote: > > >> > > >>> I'm sure you're not the only one who misses it, considering the repo > is > > >>> still pretty active in terms of new issues being reported. > > >>> > > >>> On 2020-06-03 3:59 p.m., Darryl Pogue wrote: > > >>>> Correction: There is in fact a deprecation notice, part-way down the > > >>>> README, but it's not especially attention grabbing and I missed it > the > > >>>> first 2 times I skimmed the file. > > >>>> > > >>>> On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 11:55 AM Darryl Pogue <dar...@dpogue.ca> > > wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>>> Hey folks, > > >>>>> > > >>>>> The File Transfer plugin has been officially deprecated since 2017: > > >>>>> > > >>> https://cordova.apache.org/blog/2017/10/18/from- > > >> filetransfer-to-xhr2.html > > >>>>> However, the repo and npm have no link to that page or any sort of > > >>>>> indication that it is not maintained. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> With the release of cordova-ios 6, the FileTransfer plugin no > longer > > >>>>> compiles on iOS: > > >>>>> https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-file-transfer/issues/258 > > >>>>> > > >>>>> I want to reply to that issue saying that it's deprecated and not > > >>>>> maintained, but I feel like we haven't made that very clear. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> I would like to propose that we update the README for File Transfer > > >>> with a > > >>>>> clear deprecation notice which links to the blog post from 2017, > and > > >>> that > > >>>>> we ask ASF Infra to mark the repo as archived. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Any objections? > > >>>>> > > >>>>> ~Darryl > > >>>>> > > >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >>> 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 > > > > > > -- > Tim Brust > timbrust3...@gmail.com > > M: +49 160 9757 3632 <+4916097573632> >
