Sorry for appearing to hijack this thread.  Moving my comments out to
a new user thread.

On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 9:17 AM, Scott England-Sullivan
<sully6...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It seems like feature definitions are at a point to where they are evolving 
> at a different pace than the Karaf core.  Specifically WRT 3rd party APIs.
>
> Would it be possible/make sense to create a separate project that individuals 
> could contribute new or updated feature definitions?
>
> A similar model as the PAX composite or profile repository.
>
> Taking it a step further, if the Karaf core project could be decoupled from 
> the feature definitions it might be possible to offer a more current feature 
> set without cutting a new Karaf release.
>
> Thoughts?
>
>
> On Oct 9, 2012, at 8:08 AM, Claus Ibsen <claus.ib...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Jamie G. <jamie.goody...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> My understanding that the spring31 feature would be an optional part
>>> of Karaf 2.3.
>>>
>>> As to Karaf 2.4 - other than spring 3.1 i think we need to start a
>>> separate thread to discuss that particular branch's major changes.
>>> Please note, we've added a 2.4.0 version to Jira so that issues for
>>> that future release can be recorded.
>>
>> I am not sure it must require a new 2.4.0 release soo soon for end
>> user to be able to use Spring 3.1 with Karaf.
>> Its a fairly minor upgrade as Spring Framework have excellent compatibility.
>>
>> And IMHO it would be a confusing message to send to the Karaf
>> community, that after having 9 patch releases on 2.2.x
>> We cut a 2.3.0, and then just 4-6 weeks later cut a 2.4.0. Then people
>> may think that the 2.3.0 release is severely damaged since a 2.4.0
>> came out so soon.
>>
>>
>> I would like using Spring 3.1 in earlier releases such as the 2.3.0 onwards.
>> And if the Karaf team made it fairly easy to upgrade, and had official
>> documentation to do so.
>> eg so ppl can see its "officially" supported etc.
>>
>> It may be adjusting some configuration file, or copy some file like
>> the cxf jre properties file etc.
>>
>>
>>
>> Spring 3.2 is likely coming out later this year they are cutting their
>> RC1 in the near future.
>> And some other Spring projects now requires Spring 3.1 onwards such as
>> Spring Integration, Spring WebServices etc.
>>
>>
>> Anyway keep up the good work.
>>
>> Just make sure its easier to upgrade Jetty and Spring in the
>> container, that would be my preference.
>> And by easier I mean it could just be some FAQ / doc page showing how
>> to do it etc.
>> And it would be nice with some unit tests for that as well. So Karaf
>> is tested a bit with Spring 3.1 etc.
>>
>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Jamie
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 8:12 AM, Christian Müller
>>> <christian.muel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I share most/all of the opinions.
>>>>
>>>> My additional 0,02$:
>>>> - If we have to release Karaf 2.3.0 today or in the next days, may be it's
>>>> safer to postpone the spring31 feature for Karaf 2.4.0/3.0.0. In this case,
>>>> Karaf 2.4.0 should be released in the next 2 - 5 weeks.
>>>> - If we can postpone Karaf 2.3.0 for 4 - 14 days, it would be great to
>>>> provide the spring31 feature in Karaf 2.3.0.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Christian
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 11:19 AM, Jamie G. <jamie.goody...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The dependencies table Achim was mentioning:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://karaf.apache.org/index/documentation/karaf-dependencies/karaf-deps-2.2.x.html
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 5:12 AM, Guillaume Nodet <gno...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Fwiw, mina 2.0.7 is now available, so i'll update 2.3.x branch to it,
>>>>>> unless someone has already done it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 9:23 AM, Achim Nierbeck <bcanh...@googlemail.com
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think a valid "workaround" would be to offer a spring31 feature, I'm
>>>>>>> quite sure
>>>>>>> we're able to extract that kind of feature from trunk ;)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> regarding the road-map proposal, yes this would be really helpful.
>>>>>>> I know we have a Matrix showing which version does contain which
>>>>>>> dependencies (@Jamie where is it located?)
>>>>>>> but somehow it's again a pain to find it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think we need to redo our webpage desperately since not all
>>>>>>> information can be found easily and the menu
>>>>>>> doesn't necessarily relate to the content (e.g. the manual)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> regards, Achim
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2012/10/9 Charles Moulliard <ch0...@gmail.com>:
>>>>>>>> Even if I understand the karaf position I completely agree about
>>>>> Claus's
>>>>>>>> remark to also have Spring 3.1 for Camel and others projects.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What I would like to propose is that we create for Karaf/ServiceMix
>>>>>>>> projects a page containing a table of the different software used and
>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>>> a roadmap about them. This question is important not only for Spring
>>>>>>>> framework but also Pax, Aries, Felix, ... which are (re)packaged into
>>>>>>>> Karaf/ServiceMix
>>>>>>>> This will avoid that we discover a few days before the publication of
>>>>> a
>>>>>>>> release that we have miss something
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Just my 5€ cents.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 8:19 AM, Claus Ibsen <claus.ib...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 7:30 PM, Daniel Kulp <dk...@apache.org>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Oct 8, 2012, at 1:08 PM, Jean-Baptiste Onofré <j...@nanthrax.net>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Agree Claus, but Camel is not the only application running on
>>>>> Karaf.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> So, we have to think about "others projects" as well.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I have no problem to upgrade to Spring 3.1.x but later (why not
>>>>>>> imagine
>>>>>>>>> a Karaf 2.4.x for that, it could be a good indicator), and propose
>>>>> both
>>>>>>>>> Spring 3.0 and 3.1 in Karaf 2.3.0 (depending of the impact, that I
>>>>> gonna
>>>>>>>>> test tonight).
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I agree with that.    I know CXF has had very little testing with
>>>>>>> Spring
>>>>>>>>> 3.1.x.    I would definitely prefer keeping on 3.0.7 for Karaf 2.3
>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>> think about that for 2.4.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I also agree that this is way to close to "release" to flip out a
>>>>>>> major
>>>>>>>>> component like spring.   Maybe a month ago, but not now.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Yeah I can understand the deadline issue as well.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> But its a shame that the new shiny Karaf 2.3.0 comes out of the box
>>>>>>>>> with the old Spring 3.0.7 from Dec 2011. And there has not been any
>>>>>>>>> new releases of Spring 3.0.x since.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> It would be cool if it was possible to provide an easy way for people
>>>>>>>>> to switch Karaf to offer Spring 3.1.
>>>>>>>>> Maybe that requires to offer a spring31 feature, and an easy way for
>>>>>>>>> people to configure Karaf to use that.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> At Camel we have a CI job that tests Camel with Spring 3.1. The
>>>>>>>>> upgrade for Camel has been painless.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Dan
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>>>>>> JB
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 10/08/2012 06:48 PM, Claus Ibsen wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 6:44 PM, Jean-Baptiste Onofré <
>>>>>>> j...@nanthrax.net>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Camel 2.10.x uses Spring 3.0.7 for now, for we are "aligned"
>>>>> with
>>>>>>>>> Camel
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2.10.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Does it make sense to update to Spring 3.1.x (for future Camel
>>>>>>> version
>>>>>>>>>>>>> maybe) ?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Well Camel 2.10 supports both Spring 3.0.x and 3.1.x. And we are
>>>>>>>>>>>> frankly only holding back because of Karaf.
>>>>>>>>>>>> As when people deploy Camel in Karaf they inherit the spring from
>>>>>>>>> Karaf.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> People in the community would like to use Spring 3.1.x as its
>>>>> been
>>>>>>> out
>>>>>>>>>>>> since December 2011.
>>>>>>>>>>>> And its the stable release path where they cut new releases.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>>>>>>>> JB
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 10/08/2012 05:55 PM, Claus Ibsen wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 5:45 PM, Jamie G. <
>>>>>>> jamie.goody...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Claus,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> From the Karaf 2.3.0 pom file:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <spring.osgi.version>1.2.1</spring.osgi.version>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <spring2.version>2.5.6.SEC03</spring2.version>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <spring.version>3.0.7.RELEASE</spring.version>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Crap I think you guys shoulder consider switching to the 3.1.2
>>>>>>>>> release
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of Spring.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> As well Jetty 7.6.7, so people have the latest stable release
>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>> these
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2 important pieces.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jamie
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 1:09 PM, Claus Ibsen <
>>>>>>> claus.ib...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> What Spring version does Karaf 2.3.0 come with out of the
>>>>> box?
>>>>>>>>> 3.0.x
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> or the newer 3.1.x ?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Jamie G. <
>>>>>>>>> jamie.goody...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm always ready!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jamie
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 5:08 AM, j...@nanthrax.net <
>>>>>>> j...@nanthrax.net>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Great, thanks a lot !
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jean-Baptiste Onofré
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> jbono...@apache.org
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://blog.nanthrax.net
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Talend - http://wwx.talend.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ----- Reply message -----
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> From: "Andreas Pieber" <anpie...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To: <dev@karaf.apache.org>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Apache Karaf 2.3.0 very close
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Date: Mon, Oct 8, 2012 9:17 am
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hey,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 7:46 AM, Jean-Baptiste Onofré <
>>>>>>>>> j...@nanthrax.net>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> @Andreas, could you take a look on KARAF-1878 and
>>>>> KARAF-1752
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (assigned to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you) ? If you are busy today, I think we can postpone to
>>>>>>> 2.3.1.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I wanted to keep KARAF-1878 opened for review till tonight;
>>>>>>> I'll
>>>>>>>>> apply
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> afterwards. I'll also apply KARAF-1752 then.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Andreas
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks all guys,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> JB
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jean-Baptiste Onofré
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> jbono...@apache.org
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://blog.nanthrax.net
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Talend - http://www.talend.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Claus Ibsen
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -----------------
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Red Hat, Inc.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> FuseSource is now part of Red Hat
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Email: cib...@redhat.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Web: http://fusesource.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Twitter: davsclaus
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Blog: http://davsclaus.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Author of Camel in Action: http://www.manning.com/ibsen
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jean-Baptiste Onofré
>>>>>>>>>>>>> jbono...@apache.org
>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://blog.nanthrax.net
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Talend - http://www.talend.com
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>> Jean-Baptiste Onofré
>>>>>>>>>>> jbono...@apache.org
>>>>>>>>>>> http://blog.nanthrax.net
>>>>>>>>>>> Talend - http://www.talend.com
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> Daniel Kulp
>>>>>>>>>> dk...@apache.org - http://dankulp.com/blog
>>>>>>>>>> Talend Community Coder - http://coders.talend.com
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Claus Ibsen
>>>>>>>>> -----------------
>>>>>>>>> Red Hat, Inc.
>>>>>>>>> FuseSource is now part of Red Hat
>>>>>>>>> Email: cib...@redhat.com
>>>>>>>>> Web: http://fusesource.com
>>>>>>>>> Twitter: davsclaus
>>>>>>>>> Blog: http://davsclaus.com
>>>>>>>>> Author of Camel in Action: http://www.manning.com/ibsen
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Charles Moulliard
>>>>>>>> Apache Committer / Sr. Enterprise Architect (RedHat)
>>>>>>>> Twitter : @cmoulliard | Blog : http://cmoulliard.blogspot.com
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Apache Karaf <http://karaf.apache.org/> Committer & PMC
>>>>>>> OPS4J Pax Web <http://wiki.ops4j.org/display/paxweb/Pax+Web/>
>>>>>>> Committer & Project Lead
>>>>>>> OPS4J Pax for Vaadin
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>>>>>>> Lead
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> ------------------------
>>>>>> Guillaume Nodet
>>>>>> ------------------------
>>>>>> Blog: http://gnodet.blogspot.com/
>>>>>> ------------------------
>>>>>> FuseSource, Integration everywhere
>>>>>> http://fusesource.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Claus Ibsen
>> -----------------
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