On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 10:20 AM, Simon Laws <[email protected]>wrote:

>
>
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 6:44 AM, ant elder <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I asked early but no ones replied so I'm still missing the point of what
>> these manifest classpaths would be used for? If there we use some type of
>> launcher there is no need for a manifest classpath is there? A problem with
>> that one below is that it includes more than just the core dependencies
>> which makes it a little misleading.
>>
>>    ...ant
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 5:00 PM, Raymond Feng <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>> I have added the support to generate the manifest jars which contain the
>>> classpath for a given distribution. JSE users can just use the manifest jar
>>> alone to point to the distro he/she wants. For example, to use "core"
>>> distro, we generate "startup/tuscany-distribution-core-manifest.jar" with
>>> the following MANIFEST.MF. Please note it works well with the flat structure
>>> under "modules" for all the jars.
>>>
>>> Manifest-Version: 1.0
>>> Implementation-Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation
>>> Implementation-Title: Apache Tuscany SCA Core Distribution
>>> Implementation-Version: 2.0-SNAPSHOT
>>> Implementation-Vendor-Id: org.apache
>>> Class-Path: ../modules/jaxb-api-2.1/jaxb-api-2.1.jar,../modules/tuscan
>>> y-definitions-xml-2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar,../modules/runtime-3.3.100-v200705
>>> 30.jar,../modules/XmlSchema-1.4.2.jar,../modules/tuscany-policy-secur
>>> ity-2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar,../modules/tuscany-assembly-xml-2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
>>> ,../modules/tuscany-workspace-impl-2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar,../modules/tuscan
>>> y-interface-wsdl-2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar,../modules/tuscany-interface-wsdl-x
>>> ml-2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar,../modules/tuscany-databinding-jaxb-2.0-SNAPSHOT.
>>> jar,../modules/jobs-3.3.0-v20070423.jar,../modules/tuscany-node-launc
>>> her-equinox-2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar,../modules/common-3.3.0-v20070426.jar,..
>>> /modules/tuscany-policy-xml-2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar,../modules/tuscany-works
>>> pace-xml-2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar,../modules/activation-1.1/activation-1.1.ja
>>> r,../modules/tuscany-interface-2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar,../modules/tuscany-co
>>> re-spi-2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar,../modules/tuscany-interface-java-jaxws-2.0-S
>>> NAPSHOT.jar,../modules/contenttype-3.2.100-v20070319.jar,../modules/j
>>> sr181-api-1.0-MR1/jsr181-api-1.0-MR1.jar,../modules/tuscany-policy-2.
>>> 0-SNAPSHOT.jar,../modules/tuscany-binding-sca-xml-2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar,..
>>> /modules/tuscany-sca-api-2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar,../modules/geronimo-stax-ap
>>> i_1.0_spec-1.0.1.jar,../modules/tuscany-monitor-2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar,../m
>>> odules/wstx-asl-3.2.4/wstx-asl-3.2.4.jar,../modules/registry-3.3.0-v2
>>> 0070522.jar,../modules/tuscany-implementation-node-runtime-2.0-SNAPSH
>>> OT.jar,../modules/tuscany-contribution-namespace-2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar,../
>>> modules/jsr250-api-1.0/jsr250-api-1.0.jar,../modules/tuscany-host-htt
>>> p-2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar,../modules/preferences-3.2.100-v20070522.jar,../mo
>>> dules/cglib-nodep-2.2/cglib-nodep-2.2.jar,../modules/tuscany-interfac
>>> e-java-xml-2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar,../modules/tuscany-databinding-2.0-SNAPSH
>>> OT.jar,../modules/tuscany-node-launcher-2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar,../modules/t
>>> uscany-implementation-java-2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar,../modules/tuscany-contri
>>> bution-2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar,../modules/tuscany-core-2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar,../m
>>> odules/tuscany-definitions-2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar,../modules/asm-all-3.1.ja
>>> r,../modules/tuscany-xsd-2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar,../modules/tuscany-node-imp
>>> l-2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar,../modules/tuscany-contribution-java-2.0-SNAPSHOT.
>>> jar,../modules/tuscany-implementation-node-2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar,../module
>>> s/tuscany-extensibility-2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar,../modules/tuscany-implement
>>> ation-java-runtime-2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar,../modules/tuscany-extensibility-
>>> equinox-2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar,../modules/tuscany-node-api-2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
>>> ,../modules/tuscany-workspace-2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar,../modules/jaxws-api-2
>>> .1/jaxws-api-2.1.jar,../modules/tuscany-endpoint-2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar,../
>>> modules/servlet-api-2.5/servlet-api-2.5.jar,../modules/tuscany-core-d
>>> atabinding-2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar,../modules/tuscany-contribution-xml-2.0-S
>>> NAPSHOT.jar,../modules/tuscany-assembly-2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar,../modules/t
>>> uscany-assembly-xsd-2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar,../modules/wsdl4j-1.6.2/wsdl4j-1
>>> .6.2.jar,../modules/osgi-3.3.0-v20070530.jar,../modules/tuscany-imple
>>> mentation-java-xml-2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar,../modules/jaxb-impl-2.1.9/jaxb-i
>>> mpl-2.1.9.jar,../modules/tuscany-binding-sca-2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar,../modu
>>> les/tuscany-interface-java-2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar,../modules/tuscany-xsd-xm
>>> l-2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar,../modules/app-1.0.0-v20070606.jar
>>>
>>>
>>> From: ant elder
>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 1:36 AM
>>>
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: Re: [2.0] Align samples with the distributions
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 5:21 PM, Raymond Feng <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> More comments inline.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Raymond
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Simon Laws
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 8:41 AM
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: Re: [2.0] Align samples with the distributions
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Agreed. It's just a local repo. Do you think adding a little structure
>>> add technical difficulty or is a flat structure a personal preference? I'm
>>> interested in situations like this where we have some people who want
>>> solution A and others want solution B (where both solutions are valid). How
>>> do we come to a conclusion? In the past this has tended to stall us a little
>>> so this is a good chance to see if we can do better;-)
>>>
>>> I'm seeing some technical issues:
>>>
>>> 1) Adding a little structure will make the distribution incompatible with
>>> Equinox OSGi launcher and PDE target platform.
>>>
>>> I believe this is a statement about how it works just now rather than a
>>> statement about blockers for change.
>>>
>>> I more view it as a block for introducing structural changes. The current
>>> layout can be directly used as an Equinox installation of bundles or PDE
>>> target location.
>>>
>>> That seems like FUD to me, I don't see any reason it can't be made to
>>> work with either structure. This seems to be the main objection so if we can
>>> show it can work then can we lay this debate to rest?
>>>
>>>  ...ant
>>>
>>
>>
> I had planned to use the manfiest as the compile dependency in sample ant
> scripts. It seems a useful shorthand to describe a feature.


What i'm not understanding is why you'd want a compile dependency on a
"feature"?  I can see you might want tot use the specific dependencies you
know you need, or use wildcards to add all the jars in a folder, or use a
launcher to manage the dependencies for you. But as a feature includes
multiple different extension types why would you want to use it as a
dependency?

   ...ant

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