[jira] [Created] (CB-10239) Installing platforms from scoped npm packages

["Darryl Pogue (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Darryl Pogue created CB-10239:
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             Summary: Installing platforms from scoped npm packages
                 Key: CB-10239
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-10239
             Project: Apache Cordova
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: CordovaLib
    Affects Versions: 3.5.0
            Reporter: Darryl Pogue


I have a bugfix branch for a platform, and while waiting for it to be merged and released, I published my fork of that platform to a scoped package on npm (i.e., @dpogue/cordova-android).

In config.xml, there does not appear to be a way to specify that {{cordova prepare}} should restore that scoped package instead of the canonical Apache one.

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Attempt #1:
{code:xml}
<engine name="@dpogue/cordova-android" spec="~4.1.1" />
{code}
results in a warning being printed about a null or unrecognized platform.

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Attempt #2:
{code:xml}
<engine name="android" spec="@dpogue/cordova-android~4.1.1" />
{code}
results in pulling the Apache version from npm, ignoring my scoped package.

A workaround for now is to use a git URL, but the advantage of npm is that it can download a tarball without the network cost of doing a full git clone.

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Also worth noting that scoped npm packages are supported with plugins:
{code:xml}
<plugin name="@dpogue/cordova-plugin-crosswalk-webview" spec="~1.4.0" />
{code}
works as intended.



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