On Tue, 27 Aug 2002 04:03, Stephen McConnell wrote: > >>Can we make this "spec" become more clearly defined and part of > >>framework somehow? > > > >This is where things are going. Just need more time to experiment with > > things to make sure we are going in the right direction. The core ideas > > are relatively stable and are mostly derived and enhanced Phoenix ideas. > > > >See > > > >jakarta-avalon-excalibur/containerkit/src/java/org/apache/avalon/framework > >/info/ > > Just for everyone's reference - the piece of containerkit that Pete is > refering to is the equivalent of the excalibur/meta package. The > containerkit package - which is much more of a container architecture, > could very easily build above the excalibur/meta package. If fact there > are no technical obsticales whatsoever.
Hmmm. You mean when I indicate that it is premature to adopt a convention that specifies container architecture for extensions and that is not a technical obstacle? Hmmmm. > >I don't think it is appropriate just yet to define the SAR deployment > > format (which includes all the assembly/configuration/environment data) > > because containers will definetly need different things in this area. It > > may be possible to define a package (jar) format. Possibly something like > > > >* standard naming convention for JDK1.3 Extensions in manifest > > This is something I've been meaning to ask concerning sar deployment and > the assumptions being made about manifest extension jar depedecies in > the SAR-INF/lib? what about it. > >* standard mechanism for defining components (ie > >META-INF/avalon/components.xml) > > As in meta-data directives? as in a way of indicating the components stored in a jar. > Lets get a collaborative solution on meta-info that we are all > comfortable with first? If you are comfortable with what you have done then go with it. I am comfortable with what I have done so I am going with it. Time will tell who was right and who was wrong. -- Cheers, Peter Donald *------------------------------------------------------* | "Common sense is the collection of prejudices | | acquired by age 18. " -Albert Einstein | *------------------------------------------------------* -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
