Hi Robert, Yes, the full resolver will still be available (in the corresponding distribution).
If I don't expect much trouble migrating from Karaf 4.4 to 4.5, it's true that we made/make many changes in Karaf 4.5 (JDK bump, remove the specs bundle, etc). Maybe worth bumping to Karaf 5. Others? Regards JB On Wed, May 6, 2026 at 12:30 PM Robert Varga <[email protected]> wrote: > On 06/05/2026 11.24 am, Jean-Baptiste Onofré wrote: > > That's a good call. > > > > If we agree to use the Karaf distribution powered by simple resolver and > > Karaf services by default (see the other thread), then, I think it makes > > sense to use Karaf 5.0.0. > > > > What are the others thinking? > > So as long as the full resolver is still available for custom > distributions, I do not really have a preference. > > I will note that it is completely normal in the ecosystem to raise > required Java version with a minor bump. > > Jakarta namespace changes are typically done across a major version > bump, but I can't think of a non-library that has done so. > > I guess we should be guesstimating the migration effort inflicted on > downstreams: is it going to be on the scale of karaf3 -> karaf4 or > karaf4.1 -> karaf4.2? > > Regards, > Robert >
