[news.eclipse.technology.swordfish] Re: OSGi Usage

["Georg Schmidt" <g.schmidt@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Oliver,

thank you for your answer.

I know this article already. The issue is... we also have to provide a 
development platform, including UI, that is easy to extend.

Thanks,

Georg

"Oliver Wolf" <oliver.wolf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
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> Georg,
>
> >  Have you found any best practices, where to rely on OSGi Services and 
> > where on Extension Points?
>
> You've probably already read Neil Bartlett's excellent article on this 
> topic, haven't you? In case you haven't, it's here: 
> http://www.eclipsezone.com/articles/extensions-vs-services/
> There's not much I can add.
>
> For Swordfish, we try to be as "standard OSGi" as possible and hot 
> deployment is an issue, so we prefer OSGi services.
> Maybe someone on eclipse.technology.equinox can give you some more 
> guidance on this.
>
> Cheers,
> Oliver