What are the remaining problems? I thought the main one was bnd, but Peter has since released at least two versions to maven central: http://repo2.maven.org/maven2/biz/aQute/bndlib/
On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 22:09, Richard S. Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11/3/10 17:04, [email protected] wrote: >> >> All, >> >> >> >> Recently I've been struggling with the issue of my packages importing what >> they export, and receiving unresolved constraint violations. >> >> >> Currently, using the maven-bundle-plugin, I am using the default behavior >> of the<Import-Package> and<Export-Package> tags. This results in (among >> other things), the Import-Package portion of my MANIFEST.MF file containing >> all packages exported in the Export-Package section. >> >> >> To fix this, I have been >> using<Export-Package>*;-noimport:=true</Export-Package>. >> >> >> When explaining this in the IRC channel for #karaf, I was told that >> bundles shouldn't be importing thier own packages. If this is true, should >> the default behavior of<Export-Package> be changed to -noimport:=true? > > The issue here is that there is no single rule that works in all cases. Pure > API packages (e.g., service interfaces) should be exported and imported, but > only if they are packaged with an implementation of the service. If they are > packaged in just a library bundle with no implementation, then there is no > reason to import them and actually it is bad to do so. > > We need to get a new version of the maven-bundle-plugin out that integrates > with a newer version of bnd, because Peter Kriens and I have tried to > improve the heuristics for determining when to import what you export, > whereas the version of bnd currently used always imports what you export (by > default). > > Unfortunately, there are some issues that I am not sure how to resolve to > getting a new release of maven-bundle-plugin out the door, so hopefully > people who are "in the know" can help out. > > -> richard > >> >> >> >> >> v/r, >> >> >> >> Mike Van >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- Cheers, Guillaume Nodet ------------------------ Blog: http://gnodet.blogspot.com/ ------------------------ Open Source SOA http://fusesource.com
