Hello, So what does Taverna OSGI do that the http://felix.apache.org/ sub-projects don't? Should we be starting up some dialogue with Apache Felix?
Cheers, Ian On 27/02/2016 11:58, Stian Soiland-Reyes wrote: > Yes, as there are no other applications using this plugin system, so it > would be mainly for Taverna Plugin developers. Remember we have not yet > released the command line those plugins are for (this framework is a > dependency of the command line launcher). > > There could be other applications using it though, which could do with more > documentation. But first I think we need to figure out how to use it > ourselves (and how such updates affect the Apache release process) > > I think if Taverna OSGI matures that far we could suggest adding it to > Apache Felix instead as an add-on, if they would be interested. > On 25 Feb 2016 15:52, "Ian Dunlop" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Is the OSGI stuff mainly for people writing Taverna plugins? Do we need >> links to example usages in the Taverna codebase? I guess what I'm asking >> is why should people care about these artifacts? Maybe we need some >> words about that at the top of the page. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Ian >> >> On 22/02/2016 16:50, Stian Soiland-Reyes wrote: >>> I've added a draft download page for the >>> taverna-osgi package >>> >>> http://taverna.staging.apache.org/download/osgi/ >>> >>> It's quite minimal as it's just a bunch of APIs that are mainly useful >>> for Taverna applications (command line, workbench, server) - although >>> in theory it can be used in any >>> console or desktop application that would probably require more >> documentation. >>> >>> >>> Obviously the download links there don't work yet as the >>> release candidate is still under vote. Therefore I've not added >>> the osgi/ page to the menu yet. >>> >> >> -- >> Ian Dunlop, eScience Lab >> School of Computer Science >> The University of Manchester >> http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7066-3350 >> > -- Ian Dunlop, eScience Lab School of Computer Science The University of Manchester http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7066-3350
