We also have a very simple provisioning feature somehow inside Karaf that can use maven or any url to dowload things if needed. However, downloading artifacts in production is most often not a very welcomed idea, so we tend to populate the internal maven 2 repository and start bundles from there.
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 14:03, Toni Menzel <[email protected]> wrote: > How about supporting also generic bootstrappers like Pax Runner that support > all major frameworks and its versions ? > Then also you don't have to bundle the framework into the distribution but > paxrunner which is capable of downloading the correct artifacts from > different resources. > > +1 for a Karaf kind of project ! > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Karl Pauls <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 1:41 PM, Guillaume Nodet <[email protected]> wrote: >> > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 13:29, Adrian Trenaman <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> +1 for the name, and +1 for bringing together the felix and SMX kernels >> >> communities. >> >> >> >> One question though: will Karaf be intimately tied to the Felix OSGi >> >> implementation? I think that Karaf would be stronger if we can show that >> it >> >> works over any OSGi compliant core. Thoughts, anyone? >> > >> > I agree with this statement. Some work is needed to be able to >> > achieve that, as it's a bit tied to felix right now, but I don't see >> > any technical issues. >> > Most of Felix sub projects are independant of the felix runtime, and >> > even if I don't necesseraly really see Karaf shipping equinox by >> > default, I do envision an easy way to switch. Or maybe provide two >> > distributions by default, why not ? >> >> If we use the new embedding api then it is just a matter of replacing >> the felix.jar with the equinox.jar on the classpath. Some slides on >> this topic: >> >> >> https://www.gpublication.com/eclipse/#requestedContent=contentID://EclipseConferences/EC2009/534 >> >> regards, >> >> Karl >> >> >> /Ade >> >> >> >> On 31 Mar 2009, at 12:42, James Strachan wrote: >> >> >> >>> 2009/3/30 Guillaume Nodet <[email protected]>: >> >>>> >> >>>> On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 19:49, Jamie G. <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>>>> >> >>>>> I agree, this sounds like a win-win for all involved (as per James / >> >>>>> Guillaume's post). >> >>>>> >> >>>>> As a name submission I'd like Carafe (pronounced "karaf"). A carafe >> is >> >>>>> a small container used for serving wine and other drinks >> >>>>> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carafe). In similarity to the name the >> >>>>> Kernel allows applications to be more easily handled, and improves >> >>>>> their characteristics (much like a bottle of wine left to breath in a >> >>>>> decanter) :) >> >>>> >> >>>> What about Karaf to lower the google hit counts and still preserve the >> >>>> nice semantic ... >> >>>> ... and eventually fill the "K" hole of the Apache TLP names list (in >> >>>> case it ever becomes a TLP later). >> >>> >> >>> And K == Kernel etc :) >> >>> >> >>> +1 am liking it. >> >>> >> >>> Easy to remember, spell and google search. Unless anyone can think of >> >>> a better idea. (My ideas were all terrible :) >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> James >> >>> ------- >> >>> http://macstrac.blogspot.com/ >> >>> >> >>> Open Source Integration >> >>> http://fusesource.com/ >> >> >> >> --- >> >> Adrian Trenaman, Consultant Fellow, PS - Opensource Center of Competence >> >> Progress Software Corp >> >> Shelbourne Road, Dublin 4, Ireland >> >> --- >> >> +353-1-637-2659 (Office) >> >> +353-1-637-2882 (Fax) >> >> +353-86-6051026 (Mobile) >> >> adrian.trenaman (Skype) >> >> ---- >> >> Blog: http://trenaman.blogspot.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Cheers, >> > Guillaume Nodet >> > ------------------------ >> > Blog: http://gnodet.blogspot.com/ >> > ------------------------ >> > Open Source SOA >> > http://fusesource.com >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Karl Pauls >> [email protected] >> > > > > -- > Toni Menzel > Software Developer > Professional Profile: http://www.osgify.com > [email protected] > http://www.ops4j.org - New Energy for OSS Communities - Open > Participation Software. > -- Cheers, Guillaume Nodet ------------------------ Blog: http://gnodet.blogspot.com/ ------------------------ Open Source SOA http://fusesource.com
