+1 from me,
that surely fits into the expectations one would have of a KAR archive.

2011/5/27 Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected]>:
> Yes, agree,
>
> as described in KARAF-675, I also propose to add some properties in 
> etc/org.apache.karaf.features.cfg to define a kind of autostart policy.
>
> Regards
> JB
>
> On Fri 27/05/11 11:01 , Andreas Pieber  wrote::
>
> BIG +1. This would make some installation issues much easier. E.g.
> pointing a customer to the "ueberfeature" and with a simple addUrl (he
> can paste into his console) everything is installed. Nevertheless, one
> think we should keep in mind here: If we allow autostart of features
> there should be a configuration in Karaf to suppress autostart (for
> e.g. security reasons) either completely or via a white-list. E.g. all
> features loaded from org.mycompany.* should autostart, all others not.
>
> Kind regards,
> Andreas
>
> On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 10:54 AM, Jean-Baptiste Onofré [email protected]> 
> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> What do you think about adding an autostart attribute on the features 
>> element ?
>>
>> The purpose is to be able to have something like:
>>
>>
>>  ...
>>
>>
>> When an user register a features descriptor (using features:addurl), deploy 
>> a KAR containing a features descriptor or drop a features descriptor in the 
>> deploy folder, Karaf will try to automatically start the features with 
>> autostart flag set to true.
>>
>> It will avoid users to:
>> - start by hand features contained in a KAR: the user can drop the KAR into 
>> the deploy folder, but he must connect to Karaf and start the features by 
>> hand
>> - start by hand features after an addurl when the user "controls" the 
>> features content
>>
>> Thoughts ?
>>
>> Regards
>> JB
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>
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>



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