[CB-7793] org.apache.* namespace should be only for Apache projects

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Abandoned
• Component/s: cordova-registry, cordova-registry-web (DEPRECATED)
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Shazron Abdullah
• Created: 15/Oct/14 20:51
• Updated: 23/Aug/18 06:51
• Resolved: 14/Mar/17 00:13

Description

These plugins below exist in the Registry but are not part of Apache Cordova core:

{"key":"org.apache.cordova.plugin.softkeyboard","value":13996},
{"key":"org.apache.cordova.speech.speechsynthesis","value":801},

The speech synthesis one was authored by Simon MacDonald, an Apache Cordova committer. I recommend contacting the plugin authors to rename their plugin ids.

These plugins below exist in the Registry but do not seem to be part of any Apache Software Foundation project:

{"key":"org.apache.arb.echo","value":40},
{"key":"org.apache.arb.native","value":31},

I recommend removing these non-ASF plugins from the registry. They don't even contain a README telling what they do.

The org.apache.* namespace should be reserved for ASF projects. The org.apache.cordova.* namespace should be reserved for core plugins that have repos at the ASF.

Since it is our registry, if they want access to publish, they will have to ask a committer on the dev@ list.