[news.eclipse.rt] Re: Extend the runtime project scope

[Markus Alexander Kuppe <news.eclipse.org.08@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jeff McAffer wrote:
> Markus,
>
> That certainly is a good goal however Equinox offers many extensions 
> that are required in real runtime scenarios.  Saying that all RT project 
> output has to run on any R4 framework would limit our ability to exploit 
> those facilities.
>
> Jeff

Jeff,

that pretty much sounds like the OSGi R4 spec doesn't life up to real 
runtime scenarios/requirements. I'm not sure this is the case, though I 
won't argue that it is desirable to exploit the full functionality of 
Equinox.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I  question that the majority of bundles 
need to use non spec compliant features in order to be usable in real 
runtime scenarios.

Markus