JB, No worries; I actually use them both interchangeably. That being said, I wouldn't have been offended anyway :-)
Best regards, Steve On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 10:13 AM, Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected]> wrote: > You're welcome. > > And by the way, sorry about my mistake on your name (Steve instead of > Steven). > > Regards > JB > > > On 12/11/2014 04:11 PM, Steve wrote: >> >> JB, >> >> I very much appreciate you taking the time to respond to my inquiry. >> The link you provided was most helpful and clarified the specification >> version support without ambiguity; I'll proceed with using 4.3.0 >> without reservations. >> >> >> Many thanks, >> >> Steven >> >> On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 10:02 AM, Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Steve, >>> >>> the release schedule page contains the OSGi version support for each >>> major >>> branches: >>> >>> http://karaf.apache.org/index/community/releases-schedule.html >>> >>> So, for Karaf 2.3.x, OSGi version is 4.3 (compatible with 4.2), and Java >>> 7. >>> >>> Regards >>> JB >>> >>> >>> On 12/11/2014 03:52 PM, Steve wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Karaf developers, >>>> >>>> I’m currently working on a management-agent for JBoss Fuse 6.0 (which >>>> leverages Karaf 2.3.0.redhat-60024). Up until this point I’ve been >>>> leveraging version 4.2.0 of the org.osgi/org.osgi.core artifact which >>>> has worked without issue but lacks support for generics. My usage of >>>> version 4.2.0 of the aforementioned artifact was based on the fact >>>> that Felix 3.x was certified as R4.2 compliant. Yesterday I happened >>>> to be looking at the Karaf dependencies matrix and noticed that the >>>> “osgi” dependency for Karaf 2.3.0 was actually at 4.3.0 (something I >>>> had been previously unaware of). I contacted RedHat commercial >>>> support for a clarification and they stated that while the version of >>>> Felix used by Karaf 2.3.0 had passed the R4.3 compliance tests, it had >>>> yet to be certified. This makes sense as I can imagine becoming >>>> certified by the OSGi alliance is non-trivial and may be an effort >>>> only done once per major specification release. >>>> >>>> That being said, I was hoping to get Karaf developers to weigh in >>>> regarding their opinion in regards to which version of the >>>> org.osgi/org.osgi.core artifact is recommended for use within Karaf >>>> 2.3.0; version 4.2.0 or 4.3.0? >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Steven >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Jean-Baptiste Onofré >>> [email protected] >>> http://blog.nanthrax.net >>> Talend - http://www.talend.com > > > -- > Jean-Baptiste Onofré > [email protected] > http://blog.nanthrax.net > Talend - http://www.talend.com
