[CB-11261] Cordova@nightly fails to install any plugin with <engine name="cordova">

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 6.2.0
• Fix Version/s: 6.2.0
• Component/s: cordova-lib
• Labels: reproduced semver triaged
• Assignee: Vladimir Kotikov
• Reporter: Vladimir Kotikov
• Created: 13/May/16 09:51
• Updated: 03/May/17 07:20
• Resolved: 18/May/16 12:53

Description

This happens due to semver@>4.x which assumes that any version with prerelease identifier (such as "-dev" or "-nightly") is not allowed to satisfy the range that does not contain version with prerelease identifier. For example 6.2.0-nightly.2016.11.05 does not satisfy the range >=4.0.0 even though 6.2.0-nightly.2016.11.05 is techically greater than 4.0.0

Issue Links

• Blocked: CB-7904 Built nightly releases using coho
• links to: An explanation of the reason prerelease tags work this way
• links to: Explanation on preprelease tags comparidon logic
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #440