- Karaf PAX
- Karaf
- Karaf Mix

(easy to see it's a semi continuation of servicemix).

--Jamie

On Wed, May 6, 2026 at 2:28 PM Romain Manni-Bucau <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Maybe bus instead of orchestration which has 2-3 other meanings in nowdays
> world?
>
>
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> Le mer. 6 mai 2026, 18:06, Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected]> a écrit :
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I understand the reasoning behind those names. My main priority is ensuring
> > that the names are explicit and that "Karaf Cloud" wouldn't be
> > misinterpreted by our users.
> >
> > That being said, I still have a slight preference for the following:
> > - Karaf PAX
> > - Karaf
> > - Karaf Orchestration
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> > Regards,
> > JB
> >
> > On Wed, May 6, 2026 at 4:25 PM Francois Papon <
> > [email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > My thoughts was that
> > >
> > > - Karaf OSGi => OSGi is used internaly and by users
> > >
> > > - Karaf Cloud => OSGi is used internaly only and not by userrs
> > >
> > > The name "Cloud" was because it's focused on immutable resolver at build
> > > time but  I am ok with the others proposals.
> > >
> > > regards,
> > >
> > > François
> > > [email protected]
> > > [email protected]
> > >
> > > Le 06/05/2026 à 15:32, Jean-Baptiste Onofré a écrit :
> > > > Technically, (using your name), both Karaf OSGi and Karaf Cloud are
> > OSGi
> > > > internally.
> > > >
> > > > Karaf Cloud looks a bit "weird" to me because it isn't cloud-specific.
> > > >
> > > > Mixing your proposal and Romain's proposal, what about:
> > > >
> > > > - Karaf -> Karaf PAX
> > > > - Karaf Simple -> Karaf
> > > > - Karaf Integration -> Karaf Orchestration
> > > > - Karaf Minimal -> delete
> > > >
> > > > Thoughts?
> > > >
> > > > Regards
> > > > JB
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, May 6, 2026 at 1:47 PM Francois Papon <
> > > [email protected]>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Hi,
> > > >>
> > > >> May be having :
> > > >>
> > > >> - Karaf > Karaf OSGi
> > > >>
> > > >> - Karaf Simple > Karaf Cloud
> > > >>
> > > >> - Karaf Integration > Karaf Orchestration
> > > >>
> > > >> I think tagging the standard distribution as OSGi will help to
> > abstract
> > > >> the OSGi part on the others distribution.
> > > >>
> > > >> regards,
> > > >>
> > > >> François
> > > >> [email protected]
> > > >> [email protected]
> > > >>
> > > >> Le 06/05/2026 à 11:12, Jean-Baptiste Onofré a écrit :
> > > >>> Hi everyone,
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Currently, we provide 3 Karaf distributions:
> > > >>> - Karaf
> > > >>> - Karaf Minimal
> > > >>> - Karaf Integration
> > > >>>
> > > >>> 1. Karaf
> > > >>> This is our standard distribution, packaging the full feature
> > > >>> resolver/service (supporting cap/req), sshd, deployers, diagnostic,
> > > kar,
> > > >>> wrapper, etc.
> > > >>> That's the de facto most used distribution.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> 2. Karaf Minimal
> > > >>> This is a very light distribution, packaging the full feature
> > > >>> resolver/service, config, local shell console, ... Hot deployment,
> > etc
> > > >> are
> > > >>> not packaged in this distribution by default.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> 3. Karaf Integration
> > > >>> This is based on the Karaf distribution, adding Apache Camel,
> > ActiveMQ
> > > >>> (similar to what was Apache ServiceMix).
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Now, with the new feature service (simple resolver), and the Karaf
> > > >> services
> > > >>> (Karaf URL, Karaf Web, etc), I propose creating a new distribution
> > > >>> packaging the simple feature service (instead of the full one, and
> > > >>> providing Karaf services instead of Pax services.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> I have two questions for you:
> > > >>> 1. Should we keep the Karaf Minimal distribution? I'm not sure this
> > > >>> distribution is actually heavily used.
> > > >>> 2. Should we rename Karaf as Karaf "Full" and use Karaf for the new
> > > >>> distribution (the one with the simple feature service and Karaf
> > > >> services)?
> > > >>> Or should we keep the Karaf distribution as it is today and
> > introduce a
> > > >> new
> > > >>> distribution "Karaf Simple"?
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Thoughts?
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Regards
> > > >>> JB
> > > >>>
> > >
> >

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