Bertrand Delacretaz wrote > On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 10:19 AM, Carsten Ziegeler <cziege...@apache.org> > wrote: > >> ...I'm not 100% sure, but a simple approach would be: >> - you drop a prov model in the install folder >> - a plugin for the OSGi installer picks it up >> - repoinit stuff is done, configurations are added and the >> bundles/artifacts are downloaded from mvn repository... > > Sounds good to me, so in terms of format we might just need a zip or > jar file containing a number of provisioning model files, with a > specific extension for the installer to recognize them. Maybe .spma > for Sling Provisioning Model Archive.
I don't think we need an archive, just the plain text file should be enough. I don't want to get into the process of defining yet another container format. for this we have content packages, deployment archives, subsystems etc. > > Processing the removal of such files sounds interesting ;-\ but maybe > we can recommend using them for instances that are immutable once > their initial setup is done. > Yes, I think we can leave out removal for now Carsten -- Carsten Ziegeler Adobe Research Switzerland cziege...@apache.org