Hi, If we can with Karaf 3.x proposes a mechanism to upgrade platform from karaf 3.x to 3.y easily, that would be awesome and great. We are OSGI compliant but we don't use it internally to "patch/deploy hotfix" the platform. This is a pitch. We do not need something very complex but a process which will deploy new jars files for the core and update config files. Then the question will be can we update config files when users modify them ....
Just 2 cents Regards, Charles Moulliard Apache Committer Blog : http://cmoulliard.blogspot.com Twitter : http://twitter.com/cmoulliard Linkedin : http://www.linkedin.com/in/charlesmoulliard Skype: cmoulliard On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 8:23 AM, Andreas Pieber <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey David, > > On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 8:12 AM, David Jencks <[email protected]> wrote: >> You can include replacement jre.properties and other properties files in a >> kar that will overwrite the existing ones. In any case you have to restart >> the server to pick up the new files. >> >> However obviously you can only do this with one kar file before they >> interfere. > > Yeah, exactly this is problem :( > >> Has anyone suggested a practical way to deal with this? > > Maybe provide "extension points" in the configuration files? Maybe > someone else has a more "ground-shaking suggestion"? :) But my guts > say that this will be a VERY valuable feature for Karaf since it may > be possible then to start an empty Karaf and simply "upgrade" it to > SMX, or Geronimo or any parts of both you may like to have without > ever toughing a text-editor and all those hassels about jre exports > and bot delegation :( > > Thanks and kind regards, > Andreas > >> >> thanks! >> david jencks >> >>> >>> Kind regards, >>> Andreas >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 12:05 AM, David Jencks <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Jul 11, 2011, at 5:26 AM, Andreas Pieber wrote: >>>> <big snip> >>>> >>>>> * Karaf profiles & Kar files (IMHO this is one of the most important >>>>> features for 3.x and not present in the issues by now; there had been >>>>> considerable work on this by David, but still, we're missing a >>>>> possibility to start e.g. CXF without modifying some files in etc) >>>> >>>> I'm really hoping that 3.0.0 will have the minimal and standard assemblies >>>> created using kars/features rather than the old style >>>> maven-assembly-plugin. I haven't been able to work on this for a while >>>> but i thought I left it in a state as least as functional as the old-style >>>> servers. The only bit I recall as missing is the legal files. >>>> >>>> What are you looking for to start e.g. cxf? IIRC you can assemble a >>>> server including a cxf feature as a boot feature, or add it in later as a >>>> regular feature.... >>>> >>>> thanks >>>> david jencks >>>> >>>> >> >> >
