On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 2:38 AM, Emmanuel Lecharny <[email protected]>wrote:
> On 9/18/10 9:20 PM, Stefan Seelmann wrote: > >> >> One more thing, just to clarify my last mail about OSGi (I read it and >>> found >>> it a bit like I was micro-managing) : I think that we should wait for the >>> next release of ADS (ie, post 2.0.0-RC1) because we will probably do some >>> other changes in shared (like rename it to API) and we would like to >>> release >>> this asap. Working in a branch on OSGi is just a way to be sure that >>> there >>> won't be any contention in this area, and of course, if the OSGi >>> implementation is finished before we are ready for a release, I have >>> nothing >>> against merging back the branch into trunk. >>> >> Is it really that difficult to make shared/api OSGi bundles? Please >> correct me if I' wrong, but we just need to add the right >> META-INF/MANIFEST.MF that could be generated by the Felix plugin. >> Additionally we need to make sure that we have now split packages, >> that is atm the case for o.a.d.shared.ldap.schema, but could be fixed >> easy. My hope is that we can then use the shared/api bundle directly >> in Studio. >> > > I have no idea. I just want to be sure that it does not stop us when we are > so close to a release. We may aven do that after we have released Shared/API > and before ApacheDS 2.0-RC1. I mean, we have almost closed all the issues we > have in API and shared expecting to be able to release this week, and now > that it's done, thinking about adding these OSGi stuff is just a bit too > much for me. More or less, it's just a problem in the agenda, not a > technical issue. > > I agree with Emm here it's not worth the hassle unless you guys see it as a clear benefit in Studio. > In other word,s if this take 2 hours, and not 3 days, I'm +1, but what I'm > afraid of is that we don't have enough people with some knowledge in this > area to solve an issue that would potentially arise just before, or even > worse, just after we have released. > > Yes this is a worry of mine as well but I was thinking this was a small effort for shared and much much more complicated for the server itself. > That's all what I had in mind when I asked Alex to do that in a branch : I > was scared that it can break the schedule we are trying to set :/ > > May be I'm wrong, or just extra cautious, I don't know... > > Let's play it safe and get the release out without worrying about this additional factor. Regards, -- Alex Karasulu My Blog :: http://www.jroller.com/akarasulu/ Apache Directory Server :: http://directory.apache.org Apache MINA :: http://mina.apache.org To set up a meeting with me: http://tungle.me/AlexKarasulu
