Hi guys, I tested (during the vote) Felix SCR 2.1.22 without problem in Karaf 4.3.0-SNAPSHOT (using Pax Logging 2.x).
This morning I tested SCR 2.1.22 on Karaf 4.2.10-SNAPSHOT (with Pax Logging 1.x), and I have the issue: the activator doesn’t start at all: org.osgi.framework.BundleException: Activator start error in bundle org.apache.felix.scr [48]. at org.apache.felix.framework.Felix.activateBundle(Felix.java:2290) at org.apache.felix.framework.Felix.startBundle(Felix.java:2146) at org.apache.felix.framework.BundleImpl.start(BundleImpl.java:998) at org.apache.felix.framework.BundleImpl.start(BundleImpl.java:984) at org.apache.karaf.features.internal.service.BundleInstallSupportImpl.startBundle(BundleInstallSupportImpl.java:165) at org.apache.karaf.features.internal.service.FeaturesServiceImpl.startBundle(FeaturesServiceImpl.java:1153) at org.apache.karaf.features.internal.service.Deployer.deploy(Deployer.java:1036) ... 6 more Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/osgi/service/log/LoggerFactory at org.apache.felix.scr.impl.logger.LogManager.<init>(LogManager.java:59) at org.apache.felix.scr.impl.logger.ScrLogManager.<init>(ScrLogManager.java:62) at org.apache.felix.scr.impl.logger.ScrLogManager.scr(ScrLogManager.java:58) at org.apache.felix.scr.impl.Activator.start(Activator.java:119) at org.apache.felix.framework.util.SecureAction.startActivator(SecureAction.java:697) at org.apache.felix.framework.Felix.activateBundle(Felix.java:2240) ... 12 more Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.osgi.service.log.LoggerFactory not found by org.apache.felix.scr [48] at org.apache.felix.framework.BundleWiringImpl.findClassOrResourceByDelegation(BundleWiringImpl.java:1639) at org.apache.felix.framework.BundleWiringImpl.access$200(BundleWiringImpl.java:80) at org.apache.felix.framework.BundleWiringImpl$BundleClassLoader.loadClass(BundleWiringImpl.java:2053) at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:521) ... 18 more So, it seems that org.osgi.service.log.LoggerFactory is now a strong requirement, whereas the org.osgi.service.log package is optional in Import-Package: org.osgi.service.log;resolution:=optional;version="[1.4,2)" This import is not satisfied in Karaf 4.2.x as Pax Logging exports 1.3.0 version. This requirement has been introduced by this commit: commit 18d37af0cc3b6a1392dc2053ae97a5577adfa0e5 Author: Peter Kriens <peter.kri...@aqute.biz> Date: Thu Jul 23 16:39:40 2020 +0200 [scr] Logging Extension So basically, I have several questions: 1. If org.osgi.service.log package is required, we should not flag as optional in Import-Package right ? 2. It sounds like a non backward compatible change to me, so, maybe it would have been better to bump version to 2.2.0 instead of 2.1.22. Thoughts ? 3. Do you think it’s a problem to extend the range to [1.3,2) ? Anyway, I gonna take a deeper look to see if I can find a fix for Karaf 4.2.x (testing extending the range and/or upgrading Pax Logging). Regards JB