On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 11:34 PM, Simon Laws <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> > > On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 7:27 AM, Jean-Sebastien Delfino < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Simon Laws wrote: >> >>> A couple more JIRA have come up recently related to improving policy >>> support. Are there any more big ticket items that people are aware of? Would >>> be good to get the ones people know of on the table in case of overlaps >>> >>> rationalizing policy extension model - TUSCANY-2541 >>> We have two extension models a.t.m >>> >>> definitions.xml processing - TUSCANY-2499 >>> Contribution definitions.xml only processed in the context of the >>> contribution in a node >>> >>> Related to the previous one - the domain needs to be able to configure >>> nodes more precisely w.r.t appropriate intents/policy sets - no JIRA >>> A.t.m the node just gets what is in the contributions that are part of >>> the import/export hierarchy >>> >>> "applies to" processing - no JIRA >>> "Applies to" are only processed right at the start of composite >>> processing. I have a feeling that this causes problems with at least nested >>> composites. Don't have proof of this one though. It just doesn't feel like >>> there might be problems lurking. >>> >>> Simon >>> >>> >> I think it'll help to start with a systematic cleanup of the Policy model >> interfaces as they're really the base for all the Policy work. >> >> More info in http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TUSCANY-2553. >> -- >> Jean-Sebastien >> > > In between other things I've started getting back into policy, with a view > to fixing some of these issues, by recording some thoughts here [1]. Any > thoughts or hidden gems of info gratefully received. > > Simon > > [1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TUSCANYWIKI/Policy > I didn't get anyone to bite with this post but I've been updating the models on the wiki page [1] over the last few days. I hassled Sebastien off line and got feeback on the idealized model so that's so that's starting to look a little cleaner. By way of variety I've started looking at the runtime end of things (see separate post) and my plan is to fix up some of the issues there while people think about the policy model itself. Any thoughts most welcome. Simon [1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TUSCANYWIKI/Policy
