Hi,
to package opensource a) libraries
into bundles sounds good. It is encouraging bundle like developing. Which
opensource libraries could canditates? All? e.g. like the Maven public repository?
Maintaining a repository of opensource bundles can become expensive depend the amount
of opensource libraries and those different release cycles. To adopt services
for opensource libraries feels more difficult for me because you have to define
contracts and interfaces whose have to fulfil all requirements and to maintaining
the stuff if some requirement change. Opensource libraries have different APIs,
different concepts how to use. Maybe for some libraries it is better to whose
by classes directly.
Best Regards
Alexander
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9. November 2006 17:48
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Betreff: [equinox-dev] Packaging
opensource libraries as osgi bundles
Hi,
I am reflecting to the fact that it would be nice if a set of opensource
projects (starting from most used/trendy) would be packaged as osgi bundles and
keeped them in a repository. (
bundles.osgi.org for example or any other). I see interesting the Eclipse
Orbit initiative which is however devoted only to "eclipse-related"
libraries.
Clearly the problem of maintaining this repository would be high but the
benefits for osgi adoption could be interesting (specially when people see that
with osgi they are able to manage lot of lines code more easily than
traditional approach).
What do you think about that?
PS
As exercise I am starting porting existing opensource libraries as OSGi
bundles. I think there are two level of adoption:
a) package "components" as osgi bundles and keep tracks of
dependencies and versions
b) adopt a service oriented approach (using osgi registry or declarative
service)
a) can be done easily and I think can also be maintained externally from the
main trunk of the project (if project is well modularized). b) should be
adopted from project team :)
