[jira] [Commented] (CB-4735) Support optional plugin dependancies

["Braden Shepherdson (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Braden Shepherdson commented on CB-4735:
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I'm not clear what workflow you're imagining here. The usual approach to optional dependencies that I've seen, for example in Arch Linux's pacman and Ubuntu et al's APT is, after installing a package (and its mandatory dependencies), to list optional dependencies and what adding them gives you, and maybe whether they're already installed, something like:

Optional dependencies:
BarcodeScanner - Scan barcodes for the child app
Geolocation - Attach location to your posts

These would be set in the <dependency> tag, I suggest, with <dependency url="..." ... optional="Scan barcodes for the child app" />
                
> Support optional plugin dependancies
> ------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: CB-4735
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-4735
>             Project: Apache Cordova
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: CLI, Plugman
>    Affects Versions: 3.0.0
>            Reporter: Michal Mocny
>            Assignee: Braden Shepherdson
>
> plugins (and perhaps soon apps, and perhaps some future day platforms, too) support plugin dependencies.  However, right now all dependents are mandatory for the successful use of the depending plugin.  It would be nice to be able to list optional dependencies which allow for conditional enhancement, but are not a core requirement.
> One quick example: Logger for iOS would be a nice default dependency of the platform, but should be safely removeable, and CLI should remember and respect the users decision to remove it if they chose to.

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