I still think adding a new namespace only for such simple calculation is too
heavy and not consumalbe for users..

Anyway, could anybody help with the release of *
org.apache.aries.application/0.2.2-SNAPSHOT* *and
org.apache.aries.util/0.2.1-SNAPSHOT* first? or chould anyone help check why
I can not deploy artifacts to apache.snapshot? Maybe I can try release the 2
components. Geronimo does not have much time targeting the 3.0-beta release.

thanks,

-Rex



2011/9/7 Alasdair Nottingham <[email protected]>

> If we release blueprint as is we will never be able to make the change as
> we
> would cause a major breaking change. I think we need to get this right
> before a release is done.
>
> On 6 September 2011 04:37, Rex Wang <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > 2011/9/6 Alasdair Nottingham <[email protected]>
> >
> > > On 1 September 2011 07:41, Valentin Mahrwald <[email protected]
> > > >wrote:
> > >
> > > > Comments inline :)
> > > >
> > > > Kind regards,
> > > >
> > > > Valentin
> > > >
> > > > On 31 Aug 2011, at 20:02, Alasdair Nottingham wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I'm sorry for being slow I'm on holiday with limited access to
> email.
> > > > >
> > > > > The goal (I thought) was to ensure that the support for ${a+b}
> would
> > be
> > > > > optional. When we make it optional we have two problems:
> > > > >
> > > > >   1. How do we make it optional (usually gate any call with a
> > > > >    Class.forName check to ensures we can load a class.
> > > > >   2. How do we fail when the support isn't there and someone is
> using
> > > it.
> > > > >
> > > > > The first problem is trivial to fix, the latter is harder to
> define.
> > It
> > > > > isn't until you build the bean that you find the ${a+b} doesn't
> work
> > > and
> > > > > with lazy activation that could take a while. I would suggest that
> if
> > > we
> > > > > have ${a+b} in use, and the apache-jexl bundle is not present, then
> > the
> > > > bean
> > > > > creation would most likely fail (or you would get the wrong
> > behaviour).
> > > > This
> > > > > is obviously not desirable.
> > > > >
> > > > > An alternative would be to make use of the default behaviour of
> > > blueprint
> > > > > for namespace extensions. By using a separate namespace to indicate
> > the
> > > > > desire to use this behaviour blueprint will delay initialisation of
> a
> > > > > bundle's blueprint container until the namespace is available. The
> > > result
> > > > > would be if apache-jexl is not present the namespace handler would
> > not
> > > be
> > > > > registered and the blueprint container would not be configured. In
> > > > addition
> > > > > you can now register the namesake when apache-jexl becomes
> available
> > > > > allowing it to be brought up later.
> > > >
> > > > I think that this definitely the right way to go. In practical terms
> > > though
> > > > it might be quite a bit tricky to implement.
> > > > In particular I am wondering how to link the usage of the extended
> > > property
> > > > replacement syntax to a namespace reference. I can think of
> > > > the following ways to do this:
> > > >
> > > > a) Have two  different property placeholder brackets like ${...} for
> > the
> > > > non-arithmetic one and $[...] for the one doing arithmetic. The
> second
> > > > one is defined via a tag from the new namespace.
> > > > b) Support property placeholders only if we can support the whole
> > shebang
> > > > (which is kind of step back?)
> > > > c) Have a kind of unrelated namespace import which we check for when
> we
> > > > decide whether to do arithmetic (that could be quite non-obvious to
> the
> > > > user).
> > > >
> > > >
> > > The blueprint specification says any non-standard extensions to
> blueprint
> > > must be enabled via namespace handlers. I don't like the ext of cm
> > > namespaces to require apache-jexl since it means more dependencies are
> > > pulled in when they may never be used.
> > >
> > Hi Alasdair,
> > Since the current code does not hard depend on the commons-jexl, and I
> > think
> > the only difference from your desire is adding a new namespace which can
> > delay the blueprint container initialization if the commons-jexl is not
> > present,
> > I consider this as an improvement to the current solution. And I think it
> > would be better to let user hold the option that if he would use the new
> > namespace, and if he don't use it, the ${a+b} can still work. Hope the
> > current solution meets the criteria to start release..
> >
> > BTW, seems Aries community is not that active in last two month. Is there
> > still a release manager help the release works?
> >
> > -Rex
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Looking at your options a) doesn't work because it isn't using
> namespace
> > > handlers, b) sucks big time and would mean to meat the spec  we would
> > need
> > > apache-jexl and the whole point is to allow the spec to be implemented
> > > without apache-jexl being required.  So I think something like option c
> > > should be gone for. For instance you could add an attribute in a
> > > non-standard namespace that says to enable this capability.
> > >
> > >
> > > > Is any of that what you were thinking of?
> > > >
> > > > > Does that make any sense?
> > > > >
> > > > > Alasdair
> > > > >
> > > > > On 30 August 2011 07:36, Rex Wang <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >> Sorry, I will add the corresponding tests. But I am not quite
> > > > understanding
> > > > >> your suggestion in Aries-727 of  "use a different namespace to the
> > ext
> > > > >> one".  The current implement add the ability to blueprint-ext and
> > also
> > > > >> blueprint-cm, because the CmPropertyPlaceholder is the subclass of
> > the
> > > > >> PropertyPlaceholder. Could a different namespace handle this?
> > > > >> After the change is final, will definitely port it to the trunk.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> thanks,
> > > > >> -Rex
> > > > >>
> > > > >> 2011/8/30 Alasdair Nottingham <[email protected]>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>> Hi,
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> I'm not happy with the current fix for ARIES-727. There are no
> > tests
> > > > and
> > > > >> as
> > > > >>> I commented on the bug the dependency on jexl is not optional
> when
> > it
> > > > >> should
> > > > >>> be. It also doesn't exist in trunk which is dangerous. This
> affects
> > > the
> > > > >>> programming model so it needs to be right.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Alasdair Nottingham
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> On 29 Aug 2011, at 23:17, Rex Wang <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>> Hi Devs,
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> Geronimo 3.0-beta has passed the Java EE 6 full profile tck, and
> >  is
> > > > >>> going
> > > > >>>> to release soon. But some dependencies are from Aries project,
> so
> > we
> > > > >> are
> > > > >>>> requesting your supports to release the following 3 components
> > with
> > > > the
> > > > >>>> important fixes to our users. Could anybody please help?
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> *1. **org.apache.aries.application/0.2.2-SNAPSHOT*
> > > > >>>> ARIES-521: handles zip files without directory entries
> > > > >>>> ARIES-635: Move the resource bundle to the right directory
> > > > >>>> ARIES-638: Logging improvements for AriesApplicationManagerImpl
> > > > >>>> ARIES-667: OBRAriesResolver can return bundle information for
> > > bundles
> > > > >>> with
> > > > >>>> higher version than expected
> > > > >>>> ARIES-689: Application OBR resolution fails for optional imports
> > > > >>>> ARIES-734: Back port improvements made to resolution error
> > messages
> > > in
> > > > >>> OBR
> > > > >>>> application resolver
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> *2. org.apache.aries.util/0.2.1-SNAPSHOT*
> > > > >>>> ARIES-667: OBRAriesResolver can return bundle information for
> > > bundles
> > > > >>> with
> > > > >>>> higher version than expected
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> *3. org.apache.aries.blueprint/0.3.2-SNAPSHOT*
> > > > >>>> ARIES-727 support syntax : ${a+b} in blueprint-ext
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> regards,
> > > > >>>> --
> > > > >>>> Lei Wang (Rex)
> > > > >>>> rwonly AT apache.org
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >> --
> > > > >> Lei Wang (Rex)
> > > > >> rwonly AT apache.org
> > > > >>
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Alasdair Nottingham
> > > > > [email protected]
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Alasdair Nottingham
> > > [email protected]
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Lei Wang (Rex)
> > rwonly AT apache.org
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Alasdair Nottingham
> [email protected]
>



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