+1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 10/16/2007 05:20:44 PM:
> I would like to start a new work area in the Equinox incubator to > support prototyping and investigating future OSGi specifications. > The goal behind this work area is to develop an implementation of > the specification as the specification is being developed. > > This work area will allow others to more easily join in on the > investigations for future OSGi implementations. To begin with this > work area would be used to implement the next release of the OSGi > Framework, but other future OSGi specifications could also be > contributed. This will also allow Equinox to provide reference > implementations to OSGi without effecting the current Eclipse > release. We would only graduate the code out of the incubator once > the OSGi specification has gone public/final and we can align it > with a major Eclipse release. > > I would like to take a vote to approve the OSGi spec work area in > the equinox incubator. > > Tom > > > ----- Forwarded by Thomas Watson/Austin/IBM on 10/16/2007 03:45 PM ----- > > [image removed] > From: > > [image removed] > Thomas Watson/Austin/IBM > > [image removed] > To: > > [image removed] > [email protected] > > [image removed] > Date: > > [image removed] > 10/12/2007 01:34 PM > > [image removed] > Subject: > > [image removed] > OSGi R4.2 Stream > > > > The OSGi Alliance is busy working on the next release of the > specification. The release of the next OSGi specification will be > long after the Eclipse 3.4 (Ganymede) release. To achieve a stable > Ganymede release we will not release new OSGi R4.2 API or implement > new R4.2 functions in the Ganymede stream (HEAD). > > We need a place where we can continue to implement and prototype the > next OSGi specification release as it is being developed. I see two options. > > 1) Create an area in the Equinox incubator to develop the OSGi R4.2 > implementation > 2) Create a branch off of the current Ganymede stream (HEAD) for > OSGi R4.2 implementation > > I prefer using a branch instead of a separate repository project in > the incubator because it will make life easier when developing > streams in parallel, which we will likely need to do until the > Ganymede release in June 2008. I plan to create a branch based of > next weeks I-Build for the OSGi R4.2 work. Please let me know if you > have any issues with this. > > Tom > _______________________________________________ > equinox-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/equinox-dev _______________________________________________ equinox-dev mailing list [email protected] https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/equinox-dev
