Deprecate main array

[josh]

I'm swayed to deprecate the main array if we come up with a replacement for it.

Though, I really want to state the original requirement of one file extension in the array. And that build tools should still support it since existing packages are using this format. V2 of the spec could remove the mention of this.

/cc @benschwarz @eddiemonge @wibblymat

References

• main property - showdown bower#935
• Clarify main spec bower#963

[eddiemonge]

+1 for deprecating/removing main and figuring out some other way how to specify file manifest

[josh]

My suggestion for a replacement is #7.

[josh]

Also want to add that the Array's ordering semantic is misleading. The first item in the list isn't more important than the second. ["foo.js", "foo.css"] picking the first item doesn't make much sense, and bower list does this.

[unscriptable]

+1

[cvrebert]

@josh So, why has this been closed?

[josh]

There doesn't seem to be any editor in charge of the bower spec to actually make this stuff happen.