I'm with David on this one. I would even have no problems if the minimal distribution would really look like your fork. The only problem is that forking isn't just the best way to maintain a project :-)
Kind regards, Andreas On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 10:00 PM, David Jencks <david_jen...@yahoo.com>wrote: > 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) > >> > >
