Yes, that's exactly why I haven't done that in the first place. On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 08:27, David Jencks <david_jen...@yahoo.com> wrote: > If we do this I think this is how to do it but I'm not at all convinced the > code complexity is worth the possible convenience. > > thanks > david jencks > > On May 21, 2011, at 12:55 AM, Guillaume Nodet wrote: > >> Maybe an easier way would be to track features that have been >> explicitely installed differently than features than have been >> selected automatically because they are dependencies. >> When those dependant features are no longer used by currently >> installed features, they could be uninstalled automatically. >> Imho, that would be fully transparent from a user pov (and i think it >> should be that way). >> >> On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 09:38, Ioannis Canellos <ioca...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> It could be dangerous to uninstall a top level feature which could be used >>>> in others features. >>> >>> >>> Indeed. This is why I am trying to find a solution around it. To recap >>> possible solutions: >>> a) When uninstalling a feature, check if it contains references to other top >>> level features and for each reference check if it is used and if not >>> uninstall it. >>> b) When specifying delcaring a feature reference use an attribute which >>> would specify the uninstall behavior. >>> c) Provide the ability to declare top level features that are only >>> installable as references and not as standalone (what I described as >>> abstract features). >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> *Ioannis Canellos* >>> * >>> http://iocanel.blogspot.com >>> >>> Apache Karaf <http://karaf.apache.org/> Committer & PMC >>> Apache ServiceMix <http://servicemix.apache.org/> Committer >>> * >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Cheers, >> Guillaume Nodet >> ------------------------ >> Blog: http://gnodet.blogspot.com/ >> ------------------------ >> Open Source SOA >> http://fusesource.com >> >> Connect at CamelOne May 24-26 >> The Open Source Integration Conference >> http://camelone.com/ > >
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