Paul McMahan wrote:
On Jul 19, 2007, at 10:42 PM, Lin Sun wrote:
After a plugin is published, a user finds it also works with a
different version of geronimo (without any other code change), so a
user would modify the plugin's xml file to add the newer version
geronimo there. Should the user also change the version of the plugin
itself in this case?
Yeah that situation could be a little confusing when using this schema.
The versions of geronimo that the plugin supports are in
<geronimo-version> elements. But the version of the plugin itself is
implicit in its <module-id> which uses standard maven naming conventions
(group / id / version / type). So if a single version of the plugin
works in multiple versions of geronimo then a sample catalog entry might
look like:
<plugin>
...
<plugin-module>
<module-id>awesome.group/awesomeApp/1.0/car</module-id>
<geronimo-version>2.0</geronimo-version>
</plugin-module>
<plugin-module>
<module-id>awesome.group/awesomeApp/1.0/car</module-id>
<geronimo-version>2.1</geronimo-version>
</plugin-module>
</plugin>
I don't supposed there is anyway to split the module-id out to a single
place and then specify all of the applicable geronimo-versions to be
associated with the plugin? It looks like it would be very easy to make
a mistake here. What would happen if a different module if was
specified for geronimo-version 2.0 vs. geronimo-version 2.1?
Joe
Maybe for the sake of clarity the plugin version should be explicitly
declared by introducing a new <version> element as a child of
<plugin>. But I waffle on that because it creates an opportunity to
have a different version embedded in the module-id. That might prove
useful in some contrived scenario but it seems dangerous.
Also, any consideration of how plugins can work with geronimo and
other products who uese geronimo?
Actually the main goal here is to make it easier for application
developers to set up and maintain their own plugin repositories. Right
now I think its a little burdensome and we can make some simple
improvements like these schema changes that will help a lot.
Best wishes,
Paul
