Re: [ecf-dev] Plugin dependencies

[Scott Lewis <slewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Pierre,

Pierre Henry Perret wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Sorry for asking technical questions but I have encountered a strange 
> dependency resolver in Eclipse 3.5 with ECF.
>
> The whole releng ECF distrib is compiling ok except 
> the org.eclipse.ecf.osgi.services.distribution bundle which claims that
> the 2 packages exported by the org.eclipse.ecf.osgi.services cannot be 
> sesolved !
>
> Any way, when I launch my run config no errors appears on the osgi 
> console.
> Would it mean that certain non ACTIVE bundles  would throws unknown 
> class when activated ?
>
> Is there a mean to sweep off these reds in Eclipse IDE ?
>
> I have seen also that org.eclipse.ecf.osgi.services is full of empty 
> packages classes even if they exist in the source.

This isn't the case as far as I can tell.  The 
org.eclipse.ecf.osgi.services project is for holding the classes that we 
receive from OSGi compendium for the discovery and distribution packages 
(e.g. ServicePublication, DistributionProvider and others).  The classes 
themselves should be (and as far as I can tell are) checked into our 
repository as *.class files...under <project 
root>/org/osgi/service/discovery (and distribution at the leaf).  Note 
that this CQ is being used to track the IP clearance as we receive 
updates from OSGI:  http://dev.eclipse.org/ipzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2959

(BTW...just so people are aware...we/ECF don't have anything to do with 
the contents of the o.e.e.osgi.services bundle...it comes from OSGi and 
we incorporate new versions into the ECF codebase as soon as we get IP 
approval via the above CQ [after Thomas receives the drop from OSGi].  
We are hopeful that with RFC119 that there won't be very many/any more 
significant changes to these classes...as we would like to have them be 
very stable in anticipation for ECF 3.0/Galileo release...but we have 
conveyed this desire to the RFC119 spec authors...i.e. for stability as 
we get close to release...but we can't control what happens with the 
OSGi spec approval/revision/finalization process.  We will update these 
classes from OSGI as rapidly as possible after changes...given our need 
to follow the Eclipse Foundation IP approval process).

These classes should be available to resolve dependencies in 
org.eclipse.ecf.osgi.services.discovery and 
o.e.e.osgi.services.distribution...they are currently in my workspace 
and no compile errors occur locally for me (or in the build of these 
bundles on the build server).  So I'm currently confused about why you 
(Pierre) are seeing compile errors, because the presence of the 
org.eclipse.ecf.osgi.services project (and the classes that it contains) 
*should* resolve any dependencies in o.e.e.osgi.services.discovery and 
o.e.e.osgi.services.distribution (at least for the classes from OSGi 
compendium for discovery and distribution).

Please let me know if this helps.

Thanks,

Scott

> So I suppose it's under construction , is it ?
>
> thx
>
> --
> Pierre
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