Hi, I wanted to discuss OSGi support in Tika 2.0. My current thought is to start with the minimum support which is to add bundle packaging to each of the modules [1]. This will make the bundles usable is OSGi but will leave users on there own for putting the right dependencies together for usage. From there we either stop or we can choose from a few different options:
1) Tika Bundle This is an all encompassing uber jar with all the parsers and dependencies we can legally get away with shipping with an Apache license. Pros Low bar to entry for novice OSGi users Already exists in Tika 1.x Cons Difficult to maintain (very complicated maven-bundle-plugin config). This has broken in several releases leaving it unusable. 2) Tika module convenience bundles This was part of the early 2.0 POC branch where each module had it's own tika-bundle with just it's dependencies statically included. Pros Less sophisticated maven-bundle-plugin configuration Low bar for novice OSGi users Cons More sub-modules to maintain. There are of course other options but I think it's important to decide if either, neither, or both of these options should be considered for the initial 2.0 release. - Bob [1] https://github.com/apache/tika/pull/344
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