Great idea! I think that scr/ds is better suited to framework service wiring than blueprint.
thanks david jencks On Dec 4, 2013, at 12:48 PM, Hadrian Zbarcea <hzbar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sounds very interesting. Less is more. I absolutely need to try this :). > > Thanks, > Hadrian > > On 12/04/2013 03:41 PM, Ioannis Canellos wrote: >> For anyone curious on how Karaf without Blueprint would look like, >> here is a karaf branch that is free of blueprint: >> https://github.com/iocanel/karaf/tree/karaf-light (it's a fork of the >> karat-2.3.x branch). >> >> It is actually a refactored karaf 2.3.x that removes blueprint from >> all modules (yet still provides blueprint as feaures). Karaf specific >> blueprint namespace handlers have moved to optional bundles so that >> they can still be used if needed. >> Blueprint has been replaced with Felix SCR (including the shell >> commands). Moreover, misc refactorings on features and startup bundles >> have been performed in order to reduce the size and the amount of >> bundles in the minimal distro. >> >> The result is a minimal distribution that starts 12 bundles [1] (out >> of 37 which were part of karaf 2.3.3 minimal distro). 10 of those >> bundle were blueprint bundles and the rest are extra noise. >> >> My motivation behind this refactoring was: >> i) I like declarative services more than blueprint. >> ii) I've been working on projects that are packaged inside the karaf >> minimal distro which would benefit from a smaller size (e.g. >> jclouds-cli). >> iii) I wanted to make a karaf distro as flexible as possible. >> >> Please note that my main focus was the minimal distribution and also >> this is not 100% polished. >> >> Enjoy! >> >> >> [1]: The bundle list of the minimal distro: >> >> ID State Level Name >> [ 0] [Active ] [ 0] System Bundle (4.0.3) >> [ 1] [Active ] [ 5] OPS4J Pax Url - mvn: (1.3.6) >> [ 2] [Active ] [ 5] OPS4J Pax Url - wrap: (1.3.6) >> [ 3] [Active ] [ 8] OPS4J Pax Logging - API (1.7.1) >> [ 4] [Active ] [ 8] OPS4J Pax Logging - Service (1.7.1) >> [ 5] [Active ] [ 10] Apache Felix Configuration Admin Service (1.6.0) >> [ 6] [Active ] [ 11] Apache Felix File Install (3.2.6) >> [ 7] [Active ] [ 13] Apache Felix Declarative Services (1.6.2) >> [ 8] [Active ] [ 25] Apache Karaf :: Shell :: Console >> (2.3.4.SNAPSHOT) >> [ 9] [Active ] [ 30] Apache Karaf :: Features :: Core >> (2.3.4.SNAPSHOT) >> [ 10] [Active ] [ 30] Apache Karaf :: Features :: Command >> (2.3.4.SNAPSHOT) >> [ 11] [Active ] [ 30] Apache Karaf :: Shell :: Log Commands >> (2.3.4.SNAPSHOT) >> [ 12] [Active ] [ 30] Apache Karaf :: Shell :: OSGi Commands >> (2.3.4.SNAPSHOT) >>
