Mar 2019 Cordova CLI 9.0.0 & Cordova Plugman 3.0.0 Release Blog Post

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+---
+layout: post
+author:
+    name: Bryan Ellis
+title:  "Cordova CLI 9.0.0 Released!"
+categories: announcements
+tags: news releases
+---
+
+We are happy to announce that we have just released `cordova 9.0.0`!
+
+* [cordova@9.0.0](https://www.npmjs.com/package/cordova)
+
+**To upgrade:**
+
+```
+npm uninstall -g cordova
+npm install -g cordova@9.0.0
+```
+
+## Release Highlights
+
+In addition to various improvements and fixes, this release has updated its core library. 
+
+All of the latest platform releases are available by default.
+
+* `cordova-android@^8.0.0`
+* `cordova-browser@^6.0.0`
+* `cordova-electron@^1.0.0`
+* `cordova-ios@^5.0.0`
+* `cordova-osx@^5.0.0`
+* `cordova-windows@^7.0.0`
+
+Additionally, Cordova Electron, one of the newest supported platfroms, is available!
+
+This release has also deprecated the `browserify`,  `fetch`, and `copy-from` options.
+
+As NodeJS 4.x support has been dropped by the NodeJS team on April 30th, 2018, we have raised the minimum required NodeJS version for this release to 6.x.
+
+Please report any issues you find at [issues.cordova.io](http://issues.cordova.io/)!
+
+<!--more-->
+# Changes include:
+
+* [GH-414](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/414) Cordova CLI Release Preparation (Cordova 9)
+  * **Bumped Dependencies**
+    * `cordova-lib@^9.0.0`
+    * `cordova-common@^3.1.0`
+    * `editor@^1.0.0` (Prepended `^` only)
+    * `loud-rejection@^2.0.0`
+  * **Bumped Dev Dependencies**
+    * `jasmine@^3.3.1`
+    * `eslint-plugin-promise@^4.0.1`
+    * `eslint-plugin-node@^8.0.1`
+    * `eslint-plugin-import@^2.16.0`
+    * `eslint-config-standard@^12.0.0`
+    * `eslint-config-semistandard@^13.0.0`
+    * `eslint@^5.15.2`
+  * Fix `logger[level]` spy in Jasmine
+* [GH-397](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/397) Update Node.js Deprecation Notice Message
+* [GH-395](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/395) Fix typo: "esecially" to especially
+* [GH-364](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/364) Fix spec label for build tests
+* [GH-344](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/344) Check that `bin/cordova` works on Travis CI
+* [CB-13740](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-13740) gracefully handle platforms that don't pass back requirements to check
+* [GH-327](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/327) Stub telemetry calls during all tests
+* [GH-322](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/322) Remove support for `fetch` option
+* [GH-321](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/321) Remove support for `browserify`
+* [GH-317](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/317) cli.spec: Telemetry-Related Improvements
+* [GH-316](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/316) Remove `callback` parameter of main CLI function
+* [GH-298](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/298) Remove support for deprecated `--copy-from`
+* [GH-298](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/298) Cleanup code calling `cordova-create`

www/_posts/2019-03-22-cordova-plugman-release-3.0.0.md

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+---
+layout: post
+author:
+    name: Bryan Ellis
+title:  "Cordova Plugman 3.0.0 Released!"
+categories: announcements
+tags: news releases
+---
+
+We are happy to announce that we have just released `plugman 3.0.0`! Plugman is a command line tool which we provide to install and uninstall plugins in a [platform-centered workflow](https://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/latest/guide/overview/index.html#development-paths).
+
+* [plugman@3.0.0](https://www.npmjs.com/package/plugman)
+
+**To upgrade:**
+
+```
+npm uninstall -g plugman
+npm install -g plugman@3.0.0
+```
+
+## Release Highlights
+
+In addition to various improvements and fixes, this release has removed the `browserify` and `fetch` options.
+
+As NodeJS 4.x support has been dropped by the NodeJS team on April 30th, 2018, we have raised the minimum required NodeJS version for this release to 6.x.
+
+Please report any issues you find at [issues.cordova.io](http://issues.cordova.io/)!
+
+<!--more-->
+# Changes include:
+
+* [GH-108](https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugman/pull/108) Cordova Plugman Release Preparation (Cordova 9)
+  * Bumped Dependencies
+    * `cordova-lib@^9.0.0`
+    * `nopt@^4.0.1`
+  * Bumped Dev Dependencies
+    * `jasmine@^3.3.1`
+    * `eslint-plugin-standard@^4.0.0`
+    * `eslint-plugin-promise@^4.0.1`
+    * `eslint-plugin-node@^8.0.1`
+    * `eslint-plugin-import@^2.16.0`
+    * `eslint-config-standard@^12.0.0`
+    * `eslint-config-semistandard@^13.0.0`
+    * `eslint@^5.15.3`
+  * Update to support nopt@^4.0.1
+* [GH-96](https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugman/pull/96) Remove `fetch` option
+* [GH-95](https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugman/pull/95) Remove `browserify` option
+* [GH-94](https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugman/pull/94) [CB-14164](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-14164) Use native Promises instead of `Q`
+* [GH-93](https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugman/pull/93) Code Refactor and Cleanup
+* [GH-91](https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugman/pull/91) Drop support for Node.js < 6