I actually asked BJ Hargrave, CTO of the OSGi Alliance, this question very recently and the response what that this had been discussed in the past with Richard Hall, but it ran into issues.
That doesn't mean that this discussion can't be picked up again. I will engage in a new conversation with the Alliance about this subject. Best regards, David 2009/10/1 Guillaume Nodet <[email protected]> > +1, that would be awesome ! > > On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 10:11, Niclas Hedhman <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 5:15 PM, David Bosschaert > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Jay, > >> > >> Lin is right that all of the specs coming out of the EEG will ultimately > end > >> up in the OSGi Compendium, however there will be an additional OSGi 4.2 > >> Enterprise Specification which has a focus on the enterprise domain and > will > >> contain a number of Enterprise-focused specifications. This Enterprise > Spec > >> will be available earlier than the next full compendium. The intention > is to > >> have it ready by Q1 2010 - the EEG is currently working on this. > > > > Perhaps David could poke around the OSGi Alliance and see if Apache > > Software Foundation could become a "special member" (i.e. no yearly > > fee) since we are now becoming heavily vested in OSGi technology? I > > imagine this being structured similar to our JCP and W3C membership, > > where individuals can get access to restricted information via a > > system of NDAs. Compare with JEE TCK access for Geronimo committers. > > > > > > Cheers > > -- > > Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer > > http://www.qi4j.org - New Energy for Java > > > > I live here; http://tinyurl.com/2qq9er > > I work here; http://tinyurl.com/2ymelc > > I relax here; http://tinyurl.com/2cgsug > > > > > > -- > Cheers, > Guillaume Nodet > ------------------------ > Blog: http://gnodet.blogspot.com/ > ------------------------ > Open Source SOA > http://fusesource.com >
