Yes I took the cue from others on this list and submitted several OSGi related proposals. Unfortunately, the website does not seem to want to show the details of the proposals. Perhaps because I am not a committer? In any event, it just reports that the proposal is marked as "pending" and so cannot be viewed. In case this is an issue for others, I have included the proposals below.
Jeff <note that for the panel time was short and I took the liberty of assuming various people would be interested in being panelists> Panel: The Future of Open-Source OSGi The OSGi (Open Services Gateway initiative) specification includes, amongst other things, a component model for Java. The specification has been around for a number of years and now in its fourth version. Recently the need for a modularity mechanism has come to the fore with JSR 277, the Apache Oscar project, the Eclipse adoption of OSGi, etc. This panel explores the issues facing open source implementations of OSGi by bringing together leaders from the various open source projects (e.g., Apache, Eclipse, Knoplerfish, Oscar) to expose their hopes, dreams and deepest fears. OSGi BOF The OSGi (Open Services Gateway initiative) specification has become much more visible in the past year. OSGi implementations are shipping in cars, cell phones, servers, desktop applications and development tools. In addition, the interest in open source implementations of OSGi has skyrocketed. This BOF is intended to bring together participants who are interested in contributing to open source implementations of OSGi as well as those interested in consuming those implementations to talk about community directions, tools and techniques for programming with OSGi as well as sharing ideas for reducing "container-isms" by filling gaps in the specification through conventions. Eclipse BOF Eclipse has become one of the most widely used Java development environments. Its tooling platform is also the basis for a wide range of tools that you may use today or not even know about. Beyond that, Eclipse is a runtime that includes a wide range of support for rich client applications and OSGi-based component systems. This BOF is a chance for current Eclipse runtime and tooling users and those just curious to see what its all about to get together with some of the Eclipse development team to talk about current usecases, missing features, hidden capabilities, future directions and the development plans for Eclipse 3.2. Developing OSGi Bundles with Eclipse Recently several Apache projects (e.g., Oscar, Directory, Cocoon, James, Geronimo,...) have been either creating, using or investigating OSGi framework implementations as core elements of their work. OSGi presents a strong component model. This helps people compose systems but places an added burden on developers and tooling -- managing classpaths, build orders and the additional metadata required to define bundles can be tedious and error prone. As the Eclipse platform is based on an OSGi runtime, Eclipse plug-ins are in fact OSGi bundles and Eclipse's sophisticated tooling can be used to write generic OSGi bundles. This talk demonstrates how to define, develop, debug, build and deploy OSGi bundles using Eclipse. Enrique Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 08/09/2005 08:53 PM Please respond to oscar-dev To oscar-dev@incubator.apache.org cc Subject [Fwd: Please rate ApacheCon talks] Hi, Apache committers on the OSGi/Felix/Oscar/Fish list, I have submitted an abstract for ApacheCon US 2005 on how we are using OSGi over on the Apache Directory project. I see a couple talks on OSGi/Eclipse and a BoF for OSGi. I would appreciate it if committers would take a moment to review my abstract and those of the other OSGi-related talks and vote for the talks if you think they are a good idea. I have attached the original email which discusses the voting site (http://ApacheCon.com/) and process. My talk: 2005/US SD1503 Apache Directory and the OSGi Service Platform Enrique P.S. I have 2 other talks on Kerberos listed, too. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Please rate ApacheCon talks Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 16:05:54 -0400 From: Rich Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] We'd like to ask for your help as we choose the talks that will appear at the upcoming ApacheCon US 2005 in San Diego. All you need to do is log in to the ApacheCon site and click on the "Rate the session proposals" link. We ask that you 1) not vote on your own submissions and 2) restrict yourself to talks that you know whether the proposal sounds like a good one. The goal of this exercise is to eliminate the talks that are absolutely not wanted, and identify the "must have" talks. Remember that those of us choosing the talks probably don't know anything about your particular favorite project, and so will choose the wrong talks. By participating in this process, you ensure that the best possible talks are chosen, and that your project is well represented. Note also that if you start looking immediately, you have a chance to say, "Hey, my favorite project has no talks submitted. I should submit one, or tell Whatsisname to submit one." This, also, ensures that your project is well represented. Thanks much for your participation, which will make ApacheCon US 2005 our most successful conference yet. -- Rich, for the ApacheCon planners. http://ApacheCon.com/
