Ubuntu and FireOS update

[Steven Gill <st...@gmail.com>]

Just wanted to give a update

Support for both of these now exists in plugman + CLI on master. It seems
to be working well enough.

Docs: This is a pretty important piece. Once we release 3.3.0, our users
are going to want to know what plugins are supported, what the getting
started requirements are, etc. I know FireOS has already sent some doc
updates. I would suggest installing all of the plugins you support and run
mobile-spec. Once you have confirmed a plugin has full support, add your
platform to the supported platform list.

Docs can be found at https://github.com/apache/cordova-docs/

*FireOS*
Plugman Tests: I commented out the tests because they need work. They rely
to heavily on a copy paste job of the android tests. I had to update the
plugin.xml files for the three plugins in the tests to add support for
amazon-fireos just to get the tests to run.

Check-reqs: right now the requirements are being checked in the cli. We
will want to change this to use the platform level chec_reqs script
instead. Android made this change recently. Hopefully someone can point you
to the specific commits that made the change.  This is suffering from the
same problem Android just had, in that it is setting the base api level at
17. We should update that number for now and after 3.3.0 work on converting
this.

*Ubuntu*
Tests! We need them! :)
Need to make clear that ubuntu option isn't available on Mac or Windows.
The error messages aren't clear here. Documentation around this would go a
long way!


I will continue to give suggestions as I play around more with both of
these platforms. Please file issues for any of the work you do and use
those in the commit messages.

The 3.3.0-rc.1 will be tagged & released tomorrow. I will tag both of these
platforms leading up to the release. I'm aiming to release 3.3.0 next Wed
or Thursday. So we will still have some time to improve the experience for
users who will be trying out these platforms for the first time.

Re: Ubuntu and FireOS update

[Steven Gill <st...@gmail.com>]

nvm. Found the repos for ubuntu. Cordova-js support looks good for both
platforms


On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 12:36 PM, Steven Gill <st...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I would also like to see pull requests for cordova-js support for both
> ubuntu and fireOS!
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 10:32 AM, Steven Gill <st...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the tip Braden. I will make sure that is done now.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 9:24 AM, Braden Shepherdson <br...@chromium.org>wrote:
>>
>>> Make sure these platforms get added to cordova platform ls, with
>>> appropriate logic for where Ubuntu can be built.
>>>
>>> Braden
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 6:02 PM, Andrew Grieve <ag...@chromium.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> > On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 8:53 PM, Steven Gill <st...@gmail.com>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >
>>> > > Just wanted to give a update
>>> > >
>>> > > Support for both of these now exists in plugman + CLI on master. It
>>> seems
>>> > > to be working well enough.
>>> > >
>>> > > Docs: This is a pretty important piece. Once we release 3.3.0, our
>>> users
>>> > > are going to want to know what plugins are supported, what the
>>> getting
>>> > > started requirements are, etc. I know FireOS has already sent some
>>> doc
>>> > > updates. I would suggest installing all of the plugins you support
>>> and
>>> > run
>>> > > mobile-spec. Once you have confirmed a plugin has full support, add
>>> your
>>> > > platform to the supported platform list.
>>> > >
>>> > > Docs can be found at https://github.com/apache/cordova-docs/
>>> > >
>>> > > *FireOS*
>>> > > Plugman Tests: I commented out the tests because they need work. They
>>> > rely
>>> > > to heavily on a copy paste job of the android tests. I had to update
>>> the
>>> > > plugin.xml files for the three plugins in the tests to add support
>>> for
>>> > > amazon-fireos just to get the tests to run.
>>> > >
>>> > > Check-reqs: right now the requirements are being checked in the cli.
>>> We
>>> > > will want to change this to use the platform level chec_reqs script
>>> > > instead. Android made this change recently. Hopefully someone can
>>> point
>>> > you
>>> > > to the specific commits that made the change.  This is suffering
>>> from the
>>> > > same problem Android just had, in that it is setting the base api
>>> level
>>> > at
>>> > > 17. We should update that number for now and after 3.3.0 work on
>>> > converting
>>> > > this.
>>> > >
>>> > To add to this - I made a check afterwards to just make CLI's
>>> > check_requirements return true immediately. It makes more sense to
>>> have the
>>> > bin/create script run check_reqs itself. The original reason for having
>>> > check_requirements in CLI was to be able to check requirements before
>>> > running lazy_load, but that never came to fruition (and is a pretty
>>> minor
>>> > optimization anyways).
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > >
>>> > > *Ubuntu*
>>> > > Tests! We need them! :)
>>> > > Need to make clear that ubuntu option isn't available on Mac or
>>> Windows.
>>> > > The error messages aren't clear here. Documentation around this
>>> would go
>>> > a
>>> > > long way!
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > I will continue to give suggestions as I play around more with both
>>> of
>>> > > these platforms. Please file issues for any of the work you do and
>>> use
>>> > > those in the commit messages.
>>> > >
>>> > > The 3.3.0-rc.1 will be tagged & released tomorrow. I will tag both of
>>> > these
>>> > > platforms leading up to the release. I'm aiming to release 3.3.0
>>> next Wed
>>> > > or Thursday. So we will still have some time to improve the
>>> experience
>>> > for
>>> > > users who will be trying out these platforms for the first time.
>>> > >
>>> >
>>>
>>
>>
>

Re: Ubuntu and FireOS update

[Steven Gill <st...@gmail.com>]

I would also like to see pull requests for cordova-js support for both
ubuntu and fireOS!


On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 10:32 AM, Steven Gill <st...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the tip Braden. I will make sure that is done now.
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 9:24 AM, Braden Shepherdson <br...@chromium.org>wrote:
>
>> Make sure these platforms get added to cordova platform ls, with
>> appropriate logic for where Ubuntu can be built.
>>
>> Braden
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 6:02 PM, Andrew Grieve <ag...@chromium.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 8:53 PM, Steven Gill <st...@gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > > Just wanted to give a update
>> > >
>> > > Support for both of these now exists in plugman + CLI on master. It
>> seems
>> > > to be working well enough.
>> > >
>> > > Docs: This is a pretty important piece. Once we release 3.3.0, our
>> users
>> > > are going to want to know what plugins are supported, what the getting
>> > > started requirements are, etc. I know FireOS has already sent some doc
>> > > updates. I would suggest installing all of the plugins you support and
>> > run
>> > > mobile-spec. Once you have confirmed a plugin has full support, add
>> your
>> > > platform to the supported platform list.
>> > >
>> > > Docs can be found at https://github.com/apache/cordova-docs/
>> > >
>> > > *FireOS*
>> > > Plugman Tests: I commented out the tests because they need work. They
>> > rely
>> > > to heavily on a copy paste job of the android tests. I had to update
>> the
>> > > plugin.xml files for the three plugins in the tests to add support for
>> > > amazon-fireos just to get the tests to run.
>> > >
>> > > Check-reqs: right now the requirements are being checked in the cli.
>> We
>> > > will want to change this to use the platform level chec_reqs script
>> > > instead. Android made this change recently. Hopefully someone can
>> point
>> > you
>> > > to the specific commits that made the change.  This is suffering from
>> the
>> > > same problem Android just had, in that it is setting the base api
>> level
>> > at
>> > > 17. We should update that number for now and after 3.3.0 work on
>> > converting
>> > > this.
>> > >
>> > To add to this - I made a check afterwards to just make CLI's
>> > check_requirements return true immediately. It makes more sense to have
>> the
>> > bin/create script run check_reqs itself. The original reason for having
>> > check_requirements in CLI was to be able to check requirements before
>> > running lazy_load, but that never came to fruition (and is a pretty
>> minor
>> > optimization anyways).
>> >
>> >
>> > >
>> > > *Ubuntu*
>> > > Tests! We need them! :)
>> > > Need to make clear that ubuntu option isn't available on Mac or
>> Windows.
>> > > The error messages aren't clear here. Documentation around this would
>> go
>> > a
>> > > long way!
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > I will continue to give suggestions as I play around more with both of
>> > > these platforms. Please file issues for any of the work you do and use
>> > > those in the commit messages.
>> > >
>> > > The 3.3.0-rc.1 will be tagged & released tomorrow. I will tag both of
>> > these
>> > > platforms leading up to the release. I'm aiming to release 3.3.0 next
>> Wed
>> > > or Thursday. So we will still have some time to improve the experience
>> > for
>> > > users who will be trying out these platforms for the first time.
>> > >
>> >
>>
>
>

Re: Ubuntu and FireOS update

[Steven Gill <st...@gmail.com>]

Thanks for the tip Braden. I will make sure that is done now.


On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 9:24 AM, Braden Shepherdson <br...@chromium.org>wrote:

> Make sure these platforms get added to cordova platform ls, with
> appropriate logic for where Ubuntu can be built.
>
> Braden
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 6:02 PM, Andrew Grieve <ag...@chromium.org>
> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 8:53 PM, Steven Gill <st...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Just wanted to give a update
> > >
> > > Support for both of these now exists in plugman + CLI on master. It
> seems
> > > to be working well enough.
> > >
> > > Docs: This is a pretty important piece. Once we release 3.3.0, our
> users
> > > are going to want to know what plugins are supported, what the getting
> > > started requirements are, etc. I know FireOS has already sent some doc
> > > updates. I would suggest installing all of the plugins you support and
> > run
> > > mobile-spec. Once you have confirmed a plugin has full support, add
> your
> > > platform to the supported platform list.
> > >
> > > Docs can be found at https://github.com/apache/cordova-docs/
> > >
> > > *FireOS*
> > > Plugman Tests: I commented out the tests because they need work. They
> > rely
> > > to heavily on a copy paste job of the android tests. I had to update
> the
> > > plugin.xml files for the three plugins in the tests to add support for
> > > amazon-fireos just to get the tests to run.
> > >
> > > Check-reqs: right now the requirements are being checked in the cli. We
> > > will want to change this to use the platform level chec_reqs script
> > > instead. Android made this change recently. Hopefully someone can point
> > you
> > > to the specific commits that made the change.  This is suffering from
> the
> > > same problem Android just had, in that it is setting the base api level
> > at
> > > 17. We should update that number for now and after 3.3.0 work on
> > converting
> > > this.
> > >
> > To add to this - I made a check afterwards to just make CLI's
> > check_requirements return true immediately. It makes more sense to have
> the
> > bin/create script run check_reqs itself. The original reason for having
> > check_requirements in CLI was to be able to check requirements before
> > running lazy_load, but that never came to fruition (and is a pretty minor
> > optimization anyways).
> >
> >
> > >
> > > *Ubuntu*
> > > Tests! We need them! :)
> > > Need to make clear that ubuntu option isn't available on Mac or
> Windows.
> > > The error messages aren't clear here. Documentation around this would
> go
> > a
> > > long way!
> > >
> > >
> > > I will continue to give suggestions as I play around more with both of
> > > these platforms. Please file issues for any of the work you do and use
> > > those in the commit messages.
> > >
> > > The 3.3.0-rc.1 will be tagged & released tomorrow. I will tag both of
> > these
> > > platforms leading up to the release. I'm aiming to release 3.3.0 next
> Wed
> > > or Thursday. So we will still have some time to improve the experience
> > for
> > > users who will be trying out these platforms for the first time.
> > >
> >
>

Re: Ubuntu and FireOS update

[Braden Shepherdson <br...@chromium.org>]

Make sure these platforms get added to cordova platform ls, with
appropriate logic for where Ubuntu can be built.

Braden


On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 6:02 PM, Andrew Grieve <ag...@chromium.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 8:53 PM, Steven Gill <st...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Just wanted to give a update
> >
> > Support for both of these now exists in plugman + CLI on master. It seems
> > to be working well enough.
> >
> > Docs: This is a pretty important piece. Once we release 3.3.0, our users
> > are going to want to know what plugins are supported, what the getting
> > started requirements are, etc. I know FireOS has already sent some doc
> > updates. I would suggest installing all of the plugins you support and
> run
> > mobile-spec. Once you have confirmed a plugin has full support, add your
> > platform to the supported platform list.
> >
> > Docs can be found at https://github.com/apache/cordova-docs/
> >
> > *FireOS*
> > Plugman Tests: I commented out the tests because they need work. They
> rely
> > to heavily on a copy paste job of the android tests. I had to update the
> > plugin.xml files for the three plugins in the tests to add support for
> > amazon-fireos just to get the tests to run.
> >
> > Check-reqs: right now the requirements are being checked in the cli. We
> > will want to change this to use the platform level chec_reqs script
> > instead. Android made this change recently. Hopefully someone can point
> you
> > to the specific commits that made the change.  This is suffering from the
> > same problem Android just had, in that it is setting the base api level
> at
> > 17. We should update that number for now and after 3.3.0 work on
> converting
> > this.
> >
> To add to this - I made a check afterwards to just make CLI's
> check_requirements return true immediately. It makes more sense to have the
> bin/create script run check_reqs itself. The original reason for having
> check_requirements in CLI was to be able to check requirements before
> running lazy_load, but that never came to fruition (and is a pretty minor
> optimization anyways).
>
>
> >
> > *Ubuntu*
> > Tests! We need them! :)
> > Need to make clear that ubuntu option isn't available on Mac or Windows.
> > The error messages aren't clear here. Documentation around this would go
> a
> > long way!
> >
> >
> > I will continue to give suggestions as I play around more with both of
> > these platforms. Please file issues for any of the work you do and use
> > those in the commit messages.
> >
> > The 3.3.0-rc.1 will be tagged & released tomorrow. I will tag both of
> these
> > platforms leading up to the release. I'm aiming to release 3.3.0 next Wed
> > or Thursday. So we will still have some time to improve the experience
> for
> > users who will be trying out these platforms for the first time.
> >
>

Re: Ubuntu and FireOS update

[Andrew Grieve <ag...@chromium.org>]

On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 8:53 PM, Steven Gill <st...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Just wanted to give a update
>
> Support for both of these now exists in plugman + CLI on master. It seems
> to be working well enough.
>
> Docs: This is a pretty important piece. Once we release 3.3.0, our users
> are going to want to know what plugins are supported, what the getting
> started requirements are, etc. I know FireOS has already sent some doc
> updates. I would suggest installing all of the plugins you support and run
> mobile-spec. Once you have confirmed a plugin has full support, add your
> platform to the supported platform list.
>
> Docs can be found at https://github.com/apache/cordova-docs/
>
> *FireOS*
> Plugman Tests: I commented out the tests because they need work. They rely
> to heavily on a copy paste job of the android tests. I had to update the
> plugin.xml files for the three plugins in the tests to add support for
> amazon-fireos just to get the tests to run.
>
> Check-reqs: right now the requirements are being checked in the cli. We
> will want to change this to use the platform level chec_reqs script
> instead. Android made this change recently. Hopefully someone can point you
> to the specific commits that made the change.  This is suffering from the
> same problem Android just had, in that it is setting the base api level at
> 17. We should update that number for now and after 3.3.0 work on converting
> this.
>
To add to this - I made a check afterwards to just make CLI's
check_requirements return true immediately. It makes more sense to have the
bin/create script run check_reqs itself. The original reason for having
check_requirements in CLI was to be able to check requirements before
running lazy_load, but that never came to fruition (and is a pretty minor
optimization anyways).


>
> *Ubuntu*
> Tests! We need them! :)
> Need to make clear that ubuntu option isn't available on Mac or Windows.
> The error messages aren't clear here. Documentation around this would go a
> long way!
>
>
> I will continue to give suggestions as I play around more with both of
> these platforms. Please file issues for any of the work you do and use
> those in the commit messages.
>
> The 3.3.0-rc.1 will be tagged & released tomorrow. I will tag both of these
> platforms leading up to the release. I'm aiming to release 3.3.0 next Wed
> or Thursday. So we will still have some time to improve the experience for
> users who will be trying out these platforms for the first time.
>