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Should Build plugins be required to be cross-platform?

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feat/build-plugins theme/plugins-author-experience theme/plugins-user-experience type: feature
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Description

Node.js is pretty good at abstracting platform-specific differences, but there are many ways to still write Build plugins that do not work (usually) on Windows.

Our production machines run on Ubuntu, but builds triggered through the Netlify CLI can be run on any machine. As many surveys show, a big proportion of developers are actually using Windows locally.

Should Build plugins be required to be cross-platform as part of our guidelines and enforced through code review?

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Read the cross-platform Node.js guide linked in the issue, then inspect the repository's current plugin guidelines and review process. Determine whether the outcome should be a documented requirement, review enforcement, or both; done means the project has an agreed policy and a defined place for it.

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Assessment

Tech stack
node.js
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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