Marcel Offermans wrote: > On Nov 12, 2009, at 16:46 , Marcel Offermans wrote: > >>> - Features (for Groups) >> >> That would align them a bit better with for example Apache Felix >> Karaf, that defines features as being a set of bundles (plus >> configuration). > > Another related term is the "profile" that Java EE 6 introduces, which > can also be explained as a set of bundles that form the infrastructure > to build applications upon. Applications also depend on profiles. All in > all, I think "profile" sounds more heavyweight than "feature" or "group". > Hmm, ok, and do you think that "heavywight" is better or is it worse? :) Now, I think profile in the general sense is a little bit different than what we are talking about :) I think in this sense profile is more used like a flavour, so while you have different profiles, you get the same think but differently assembled. So there is usually a connection between profiles - and this is intended. Whereas there is usually no overlap between features - although it is possible of course.
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