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svn commit: r1825495 - in /cordova/site/public: announcements/2018/02/27/cordova-windows-6.0.0.html blog/index.html feed.xml

Author: steven
Date: Tue Feb 27 19:43:59 2018
New Revision: 1825495

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1825495&view=rev
Log:
Updated docs

Modified:
    cordova/site/public/announcements/2018/02/27/cordova-windows-6.0.0.html
    cordova/site/public/blog/index.html
    cordova/site/public/feed.xml

Modified: cordova/site/public/announcements/2018/02/27/cordova-windows-6.0.0.html
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/cordova/site/public/announcements/2018/02/27/cordova-windows-6.0.0.html?rev=1825495&r1=1825494&r2=1825495&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- cordova/site/public/announcements/2018/02/27/cordova-windows-6.0.0.html (original)
+++ cordova/site/public/announcements/2018/02/27/cordova-windows-6.0.0.html Tue Feb 27 19:43:59 2018
@@ -138,16 +138,13 @@
 <h2>Changes</h2>
 
 <ul>
-<li><strong>Windows 10 / UWP</strong> builds are now default, meaning <code>cordova build windows</code> will now build a Windows 10 UWP app by default. Windows (Phone) 8.1 is still supported, of course, just use <code>cordova build windows -- --appx=8.1-win</code>, <code>cordova build windows -- --appx=8.1-phone</code> or an equivalent configuration option.</li>
-<li>You can now build apps with a current installation of <strong>Visual Studio 2017</strong> (<code>15.5.x</code> at the time of writing) without any additional configuration or hacks (like the environment variable <code>VSINSTALLDIR</code> that was required for 5.0.0).
-
-<ul>
-<li>Note: <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/productinfo/vs2017-compatibility-vs#windows-store-and-windows-phone-apps">Visual Studio 2017 doesn&#39;t support Windows 8.1 apps anymore</a>, so you can only build these apps with Visual Studio 2015 installed.</li>
-</ul></li>
+<li><strong>Windows 10 / UWP</strong> builds are now default, meaning <code>cordova build windows</code> will now build a Windows 10 UWP app by default.<br>
+Windows (Phone) 8.1 is still supported, of course, just use <code>cordova build windows -- --appx=8.1-win</code>, <code>cordova build windows -- --appx=8.1-phone</code> or an equivalent configuration option.</li>
+<li>You can now build apps with a current installation of <strong>Visual Studio 2017</strong> (<code>15.5.x</code> at the time of writing) without any additional configuration or hacks (like the environment variable <code>VSINSTALLDIR</code> that was required for 5.0.0). (Note: <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/productinfo/vs2017-compatibility-vs#windows-store-and-windows-phone-apps">Visual Studio 2017 doesn&#39;t support Windows 8.1 apps anymore</a>, so you can only build these apps with Visual Studio 2015 installed.)</li>
 <li>New <strong>ENV variable <code>MSBUILDDIR</code></strong> allows to directly configure the MSBuild Tools to be used to build the app. While <code>VSINSTALLDIR</code> always has been a hack that accidentally also worked to switch between different MSBuildTools versions, we now we this functionality explicit:  Just set the ENV var to a your desired MSBuild folder (e.g. <code>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\MSBuild\15.0\Bin</code> or <code>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\bin\</code>) and it will be used to build your project. 
 
 <ul>
-<li>If you have Visual Studio 2017 and Visual Studio 2015 installed at the same time, the normal logic would always choose Visual Studio 2017&#39;s MSBuild 15 - and fail on a Windows (Phone) 8.1 project. If you set the environment variable MSBuild 14, it can successfully build your 8.1 apps.</li>
+<li>If you have Visual Studio 2017 and Visual Studio 2015 installed at the same time, the normal logic would always choose Visual Studio 2017&#39;s MSBuild 15 - and fail on a Windows (Phone) 8.1 project. If you set the environment variable to MSBuild 14, it can successfully build your 8.1 apps.</li>
 <li>If the supplied path is invalid or doesn&#39;t contain a working MSBuild, the normal MSBuild selection logic will be triggered</li>
 </ul></li>
 <li>Fixes several bugs</li>
@@ -159,19 +156,19 @@
 <div class="highlight"><pre><code class="language-" data-lang="">cordova platform rm windows
 cordova platform add windows@6.0.0
 </code></pre></div>
-<h3>Known limitations</h3>
+<h2>Known limitations</h2>
 
 <p>As it&#39;s often the case, the <code>6.0.0</code> release of cordova-windows is not perfect and has some known limitations:</p>
 
 <ul>
 <li>If you only have Visual Studio 2017 installed on your machine, you can not build Windows (Phone) 8.1 apps.</li>
 <li>As with earlier versions, Windows 10 Mobile emulators are not supported by the CLI but require Visual Studio to be used to build the app</li>
-<li>Some <a href="https://github.com/apache/cordova-windows/issues/266"><code>build</code></a> and <a href="https://github.com/apache/cordova-windows/issues/267">requirements error messages</a> are not optimal</li>
+<li>Some <a href="https://github.com/apache/cordova-windows/issues/266">build</a> and <a href="https://github.com/apache/cordova-windows/issues/267">requirements error messages</a> are not optimal</li>
 </ul>
 
 <h2>Feedback</h2>
 
-<p>If you encounter problems with this new version, you can use the <a href="https://github.com/apache/cordova-windows/issues">GitHub issues of the <code>cordova-windows</code> repository</a> to do so now. (<code>cordova-windows</code> is the first Apache Cordova repository on GitHub that uses issues on GitHub instead of <a href="http://issues.cordova.io/">JIRA issues</a>!)</p>
+<p>If you encounter problems with this new version, you can use the <a href="https://github.com/apache/cordova-windows/issues">GitHub issues of the <code>cordova-windows</code> repository</a> to do so now.</p>
 
 <h2>The future of <code>cordova-windows</code></h2>
 

Modified: cordova/site/public/blog/index.html
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/cordova/site/public/blog/index.html?rev=1825495&r1=1825494&r2=1825495&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- cordova/site/public/blog/index.html (original)
+++ cordova/site/public/blog/index.html Tue Feb 27 19:43:59 2018
@@ -147,16 +147,13 @@
 <h2>Changes</h2>
 
 <ul>
-<li><strong>Windows 10 / UWP</strong> builds are now default, meaning <code>cordova build windows</code> will now build a Windows 10 UWP app by default. Windows (Phone) 8.1 is still supported, of course, just use <code>cordova build windows -- --appx=8.1-win</code>, <code>cordova build windows -- --appx=8.1-phone</code> or an equivalent configuration option.</li>
-<li>You can now build apps with a current installation of <strong>Visual Studio 2017</strong> (<code>15.5.x</code> at the time of writing) without any additional configuration or hacks (like the environment variable <code>VSINSTALLDIR</code> that was required for 5.0.0).
-
-<ul>
-<li>Note: <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/productinfo/vs2017-compatibility-vs#windows-store-and-windows-phone-apps">Visual Studio 2017 doesn&#39;t support Windows 8.1 apps anymore</a>, so you can only build these apps with Visual Studio 2015 installed.</li>
-</ul></li>
+<li><strong>Windows 10 / UWP</strong> builds are now default, meaning <code>cordova build windows</code> will now build a Windows 10 UWP app by default.<br>
+Windows (Phone) 8.1 is still supported, of course, just use <code>cordova build windows -- --appx=8.1-win</code>, <code>cordova build windows -- --appx=8.1-phone</code> or an equivalent configuration option.</li>
+<li>You can now build apps with a current installation of <strong>Visual Studio 2017</strong> (<code>15.5.x</code> at the time of writing) without any additional configuration or hacks (like the environment variable <code>VSINSTALLDIR</code> that was required for 5.0.0). (Note: <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/productinfo/vs2017-compatibility-vs#windows-store-and-windows-phone-apps">Visual Studio 2017 doesn&#39;t support Windows 8.1 apps anymore</a>, so you can only build these apps with Visual Studio 2015 installed.)</li>
 <li>New <strong>ENV variable <code>MSBUILDDIR</code></strong> allows to directly configure the MSBuild Tools to be used to build the app. While <code>VSINSTALLDIR</code> always has been a hack that accidentally also worked to switch between different MSBuildTools versions, we now we this functionality explicit:  Just set the ENV var to a your desired MSBuild folder (e.g. <code>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\MSBuild\15.0\Bin</code> or <code>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\bin\</code>) and it will be used to build your project. 
 
 <ul>
-<li>If you have Visual Studio 2017 and Visual Studio 2015 installed at the same time, the normal logic would always choose Visual Studio 2017&#39;s MSBuild 15 - and fail on a Windows (Phone) 8.1 project. If you set the environment variable MSBuild 14, it can successfully build your 8.1 apps.</li>
+<li>If you have Visual Studio 2017 and Visual Studio 2015 installed at the same time, the normal logic would always choose Visual Studio 2017&#39;s MSBuild 15 - and fail on a Windows (Phone) 8.1 project. If you set the environment variable to MSBuild 14, it can successfully build your 8.1 apps.</li>
 <li>If the supplied path is invalid or doesn&#39;t contain a working MSBuild, the normal MSBuild selection logic will be triggered</li>
 </ul></li>
 <li>Fixes several bugs</li>
@@ -168,19 +165,19 @@
 <div class="highlight"><pre><code class="language-" data-lang="">cordova platform rm windows
 cordova platform add windows@6.0.0
 </code></pre></div>
-<h3>Known limitations</h3>
+<h2>Known limitations</h2>
 
 <p>As it&#39;s often the case, the <code>6.0.0</code> release of cordova-windows is not perfect and has some known limitations:</p>
 
 <ul>
 <li>If you only have Visual Studio 2017 installed on your machine, you can not build Windows (Phone) 8.1 apps.</li>
 <li>As with earlier versions, Windows 10 Mobile emulators are not supported by the CLI but require Visual Studio to be used to build the app</li>
-<li>Some <a href="https://github.com/apache/cordova-windows/issues/266"><code>build</code></a> and <a href="https://github.com/apache/cordova-windows/issues/267">requirements error messages</a> are not optimal</li>
+<li>Some <a href="https://github.com/apache/cordova-windows/issues/266">build</a> and <a href="https://github.com/apache/cordova-windows/issues/267">requirements error messages</a> are not optimal</li>
 </ul>
 
 <h2>Feedback</h2>
 
-<p>If you encounter problems with this new version, you can use the <a href="https://github.com/apache/cordova-windows/issues">GitHub issues of the <code>cordova-windows</code> repository</a> to do so now. (<code>cordova-windows</code> is the first Apache Cordova repository on GitHub that uses issues on GitHub instead of <a href="http://issues.cordova.io/">JIRA issues</a>!)</p>
+<p>If you encounter problems with this new version, you can use the <a href="https://github.com/apache/cordova-windows/issues">GitHub issues of the <code>cordova-windows</code> repository</a> to do so now.</p>
 
 <h2>The future of <code>cordova-windows</code></h2>
 

Modified: cordova/site/public/feed.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/cordova/site/public/feed.xml?rev=1825495&r1=1825494&r2=1825495&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- cordova/site/public/feed.xml (original)
+++ cordova/site/public/feed.xml Tue Feb 27 19:43:59 2018
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 </description>
     <link>https://cordova.apache.org/</link>
     <atom:link href="https://cordova.apache.org/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/>
-    <pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2018 18:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
-    <lastBuildDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2018 18:17:55 +0000</lastBuildDate>
+    <pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2018 19:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
+    <lastBuildDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2018 19:07:41 +0000</lastBuildDate>
     <generator>Jekyll v2.5.3</generator>
     
       <item>
@@ -19,16 +19,13 @@
 &lt;h2&gt;Changes&lt;/h2&gt;
 
 &lt;ul&gt;
-&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Windows 10 / UWP&lt;/strong&gt; builds are now default, meaning &lt;code&gt;cordova build windows&lt;/code&gt; will now build a Windows 10 UWP app by default. Windows (Phone) 8.1 is still supported, of course, just use &lt;code&gt;cordova build windows -- --appx=8.1-win&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;cordova build windows -- --appx=8.1-phone&lt;/code&gt; or an equivalent configuration option.&lt;/li&gt;
-&lt;li&gt;You can now build apps with a current installation of &lt;strong&gt;Visual Studio 2017&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;code&gt;15.5.x&lt;/code&gt; at the time of writing) without any additional configuration or hacks (like the environment variable &lt;code&gt;VSINSTALLDIR&lt;/code&gt; that was required for 5.0.0).
-
-&lt;ul&gt;
-&lt;li&gt;Note: &lt;a href=&quot;https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/productinfo/vs2017-compatibility-vs#windows-store-and-windows-phone-apps&quot;&gt;Visual Studio 2017 doesn&amp;#39;t support Windows 8.1 apps anymore&lt;/a&gt;, so you can only build these apps with Visual Studio 2015 installed.&lt;/li&gt;
-&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Windows 10 / UWP&lt;/strong&gt; builds are now default, meaning &lt;code&gt;cordova build windows&lt;/code&gt; will now build a Windows 10 UWP app by default.&lt;br&gt;
+Windows (Phone) 8.1 is still supported, of course, just use &lt;code&gt;cordova build windows -- --appx=8.1-win&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;cordova build windows -- --appx=8.1-phone&lt;/code&gt; or an equivalent configuration option.&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;You can now build apps with a current installation of &lt;strong&gt;Visual Studio 2017&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;code&gt;15.5.x&lt;/code&gt; at the time of writing) without any additional configuration or hacks (like the environment variable &lt;code&gt;VSINSTALLDIR&lt;/code&gt; that was required for 5.0.0). (Note: &lt;a href=&quot;https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/productinfo/vs2017-compatibility-vs#windows-store-and-windows-phone-apps&quot;&gt;Visual Studio 2017 doesn&amp;#39;t support Windows 8.1 apps anymore&lt;/a&gt;, so you can only build these apps with Visual Studio 2015 installed.)&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;New &lt;strong&gt;ENV variable &lt;code&gt;MSBUILDDIR&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; allows to directly configure the MSBuild Tools to be used to build the app. While &lt;code&gt;VSINSTALLDIR&lt;/code&gt; always has been a hack that accidentally also worked to switch between different MSBuildTools versions, we now we this functionality explicit:  Just set the ENV var to a your desired MSBuild folder (e.g. &lt;code&gt;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\MSBuild\15.0\Bin&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\bin\&lt;/code&gt;) and it will be used to build your project. 
 
 &lt;ul&gt;
-&lt;li&gt;If you have Visual Studio 2017 and Visual Studio 2015 installed at the same time, the normal logic would always choose Visual Studio 2017&amp;#39;s MSBuild 15 - and fail on a Windows (Phone) 8.1 project. If you set the environment variable MSBuild 14, it can successfully build your 8.1 apps.&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;If you have Visual Studio 2017 and Visual Studio 2015 installed at the same time, the normal logic would always choose Visual Studio 2017&amp;#39;s MSBuild 15 - and fail on a Windows (Phone) 8.1 project. If you set the environment variable to MSBuild 14, it can successfully build your 8.1 apps.&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;If the supplied path is invalid or doesn&amp;#39;t contain a working MSBuild, the normal MSBuild selection logic will be triggered&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;Fixes several bugs&lt;/li&gt;
@@ -40,19 +37,19 @@
 &lt;div class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code class=&quot;language-&quot; data-lang=&quot;&quot;&gt;cordova platform rm windows
 cordova platform add windows@6.0.0
 &lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
-&lt;h3&gt;Known limitations&lt;/h3&gt;
+&lt;h2&gt;Known limitations&lt;/h2&gt;
 
 &lt;p&gt;As it&amp;#39;s often the case, the &lt;code&gt;6.0.0&lt;/code&gt; release of cordova-windows is not perfect and has some known limitations:&lt;/p&gt;
 
 &lt;ul&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;If you only have Visual Studio 2017 installed on your machine, you can not build Windows (Phone) 8.1 apps.&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;As with earlier versions, Windows 10 Mobile emulators are not supported by the CLI but require Visual Studio to be used to build the app&lt;/li&gt;
-&lt;li&gt;Some &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/apache/cordova-windows/issues/266&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;build&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/apache/cordova-windows/issues/267&quot;&gt;requirements error messages&lt;/a&gt; are not optimal&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;Some &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/apache/cordova-windows/issues/266&quot;&gt;build&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/apache/cordova-windows/issues/267&quot;&gt;requirements error messages&lt;/a&gt; are not optimal&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;/ul&gt;
 
 &lt;h2&gt;Feedback&lt;/h2&gt;
 
-&lt;p&gt;If you encounter problems with this new version, you can use the &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/apache/cordova-windows/issues&quot;&gt;GitHub issues of the &lt;code&gt;cordova-windows&lt;/code&gt; repository&lt;/a&gt; to do so now. (&lt;code&gt;cordova-windows&lt;/code&gt; is the first Apache Cordova repository on GitHub that uses issues on GitHub instead of &lt;a href=&quot;http://issues.cordova.io/&quot;&gt;JIRA issues&lt;/a&gt;!)&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;If you encounter problems with this new version, you can use the &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/apache/cordova-windows/issues&quot;&gt;GitHub issues of the &lt;code&gt;cordova-windows&lt;/code&gt; repository&lt;/a&gt; to do so now.&lt;/p&gt;
 
 &lt;h2&gt;The future of &lt;code&gt;cordova-windows&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
 



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