[ecf-dev] discussions of Remote Services and

[Scott Lewis <slewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Folks,

As most of you probably know, ECF's standards-compliant implementation 
OSGi Remote Services/RSA will work on any R5+ Framework (Equinox, Felix, 
others).   It's also tested and a distribution is created specifically 
for the Apache Karaf project [1].  There is more to do to make the Karaf 
install more flexible (e.g. support separate installs for various 
discovery and distribution providers), but it is serviceable for that 
environment.

Since many use Apache Felix, I've been trying to get the word out to 
that community that ECF (and more generally Remote Services and RSA) can 
provide a very good answer to various use cases.   Afaik we are the only 
RSA implementation that supports and has implementations for multiple 
distribution and discovery providers, and provides these implementations 
in open source so that they can be enhanced and extended for specific 
protocol needs/use cases.   The websockets support added in 3.10 is an 
example of doing exactly this.

From my chair I see more and more interest and usage of OSGI Remote 
Services/RSA, as particularly with the trend toward micro services and 
Internet of Things, an open standardized api but flexible open 
implementation approach to remote services is a very good thing. One 
recent example of this interest was expressed on the Felix users mailing 
list on this thread [2].

Since ECF 3.10.0/Mars release is essentially complete, I wanted to begin 
a community discussion leading to ECF work plans in the coming year.   I 
think it's going to be a great year for adoption of both Remote Services 
and ECF's implementation, and I want to hear from the community on 
desired priorities and ideas, and discuss anticipated resource commitments.

I will post again with my own thoughts on priorities in the next few weeks.

Thanks,

Scott

[1] https://wiki.eclipse.org/EIG:Install_into_Apache_Karaf
[2] http://www.mail-archive.com/users%40felix.apache.org/msg16368.html