Dieter Wimberger wrote:
Richard:
Interesting. So, you would say that it definitely would be a
replacement for the telnetd bundle at oscar-osgi.sf.net then? Sounds
like it.
I think it would be missing the shell that provides the OSGi console
part. However, it would be the better codebase to start from (because
I have fixed, extended and worked on it for a while longer; and we
have it in use for a while at Coalevo).
The Felix console is the easiest part, I believe, since most of the work
is done by the shell service.
Sounds good. Well, if you are planning on developing this on your
end, then it is not unreasonable to just let you go about your
business and do it (i.e., the bundle portion of your work doesn't
have to be done here). However, if there is sufficient interest in
moving the bundle aspects here as a subproject, then it could also be
considered.
I am developing this mainly for a community platform I am working on
(that would be Coalevo), where we are trying to preserve a shell
access similar to old style BBS systems.
For your needs, I suppose that there is currently too much
functionality and too many additional dependencies, so maybe we should
make a split approach and coordinate it:
1) a base bundle of telnetd-osgi, providing all functionality that the
felix project would be interested in
2) a shell bundle that provides the OSGi console for felix.
1 could live either at felix (Apache) or at Coalevo (I prefer the
legal backup for the license); in both cases it will be released under
Apache 2 License. I would need input to know the requirements, and if
we want to go Maven, some help (haven't worked much with it yet).
What is the scope of (1), i.e., what functionality is included in it?
2 should live at felix (Apache) and may be derived from the old
codebase. If you point me to a codebase I could get started from, I
can invest some time to port and make it working with the newer
telnetd codebase (i.e. 1).
Makes sense and, as I said, it is pretty simple.
I think that your group/committee should decide if you want to get 1
and 2 or just 2 into the felix project. Either way I'd be doing as
much as I can; it's a long term interest (because the online community
I am a part of since years will switch soon, and we will continue to
use the codebase in a production environment; all OSGi btw.).
Ok, great. We will see what others have to say. Thanks.
-> richard
Regards,
Dieter
