Felix Meschberger wrote: > Hi all, > > There is currently a discussion going on on the Felix Users list about > providing a default web application launcher [1] proposed by Justin > Edelson. As a base model for this discussion he took the Sling web app > launcher with some reductions and some missing enhancements (namely war > support and SNAPSHOT bundle bootstrap installation support). > > Over the course of the discussion Justin agreed to provide patches to > Sling launchpad to support his feature wishes (I think they are very > worth-while additions): > > * Migrate the current use of PAX Web and Equinox Servlet bridge > to using the new Felix HTTP Service implementation > -- this will bring generic servlet filter support outside > of Sling > -- in addition Servlet API listener support might also be > added > > * Add war support -- something which is really usefull for supporting > legacy application transitionally. > > * Add support for upgrading bundle in SNAPSHOT versions (something > Bertrand Delacretaz recently added to JCR Install, too). > > My question to discuss right now is: What is the general opinion of the > Sling community to eventually hand the launchpad/base module as a > generic loader for standalone and web application environments over to > the Apache Felix project ? > I think it makes totally sense to move the launcher - it's cool stuff which can be used for any OSGi based product - so it's not tied to Sling and Felix seems to be a better place. And we reduce the code we have to maintain :)
So +1 for moving Carsten -- Carsten Ziegeler [email protected]
