[jira] [Created] (CB-11963) Get rid of fetch.json and in plugins folders

["Philipp Kursawe (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Philipp Kursawe created CB-11963:
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             Summary: Get rid of fetch.json and <platform.json> in plugins folders
                 Key: CB-11963
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-11963
             Project: Apache Cordova
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: AllPlugins
            Reporter: Philipp Kursawe


In a cordova project you define the plugins in config.xml which kind of serves as the project file.

Since some time now it also contains the plugins the project is using.
I wonder why there is still a /plugins/fetch.json and a /plugins/PLATFORM.json for each installed platform. 
Both somehow list plugins in a redundant way, since the same information is already in config.xml

More so, the platform JSON contains PACKAGE_NAME that references to the config.xml widget id. Why? Its not like we can have multiple app IDs specified.

I propose to get rid of those files and make `cordova prepare` actually updating the VARIABLES defined in config.xml plugins. Because at the moment the only way to CHANGE a var in config.xml and see this change being reflected in the built app is to remove the platform and re-add it.
This is so error prone.



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