i've just created a jira issue for a new goal to recursively generate
OSGi bundles for all dependencies, FELIX-199
On 1/31/07, John E. Conlon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Carlos Sanchez wrote:
> On 1/31/07, Richard S. Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Chris Custine wrote:
>> > You know, something just occured to me... if the maven repository
>> starts
>> > getting populated with quite a few jars/bundles, wouldn't it be nice
>> > to have
>> > an OBR sitting on top of it serving up the bundles that have proper
>> > manifest
>> > data? On a smaller scale, maybe something like this could be built
>> into
>> > Archiva?
>> >
>> > Just a crazy thought if there are any takers :-D
>>
>> This has been a pipe dream for a while. The thought was that we could
>> just run Peter Kriens' bindex tool over a Maven repo to generate the OBR
>> repo.xml file and we'd be done...still working on it, though. We have
>> been trying to collaborate with the Maven guys on getting Maven to
>> generate bundles, but it is slow going since everyone it busy.
>
> now I'm fully committed ;)
Think of the possibilities of Maven as a runtime repository as well as a
develop time repository. Chris mentioned OBR, but Maven repos filled
with bundles would also be an enabler for maven aware (Initial
Provisioning Service) Management Agents!
>
>>
>> -> richard
>>
>> >
>> > Chris
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On 1/31/07, Richard S. Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Carlos Sanchez wrote:
>> >> > ok, that's fine, i wanted to get a sense of what would fit in the
>> >> > bundle plugin as default, what optional, and what won't fit at
>> all ;)
>> >>
>> >> Well, if you really want to play with it, I would recommend
>> creating a
>> >> plugin that does exactly what you suggest and seeing how well it
>> works
>> >> and if there is general interest.
>> >>
>> >> However, if you were just getting a feel for ideas, then you should
>> >> consider if the default capabilities of the plugin (as described
>> in my
>> >> other response) meet the needs you are trying to address. I think
>> we all
>> >> agree that it would be nice if Maven generated JARs could
>> automatically
>> >> be used as bundles, we just chose different approaches to achieve
>> that.
>> >>
>> >> -> richard
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> > On 1/31/07, Chris Custine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >> >> I think I understand what you are trying to do as far as
>> getting the
>> >> >> maven-bundle-plugin to use more of the pom.xml data, but I
>> agree with
>> >> >> Richard in saying that Require-Bundle can be troublesome and I
>> >> >> definitely
>> >> >> wouldn't want it to be a default mechanism because it would
>> start new
>> >> >> users
>> >> >> on the wrong foot if they didn't know any better.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I think in general, there is an impedance mismatch between OSGi
>> >> bundle
>> >> >> dependencies and Maven project dependencies so for now I am not
>> sure
>> >> >> it can
>> >> >> get much better than the what the maven-bundle-plugin does today.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Chris
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On 1/31/07, Carlos Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Hi all,
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > I'm trying to make maven generate OSGi bundles based in the
>> >> >> information
>> >> >> > of the pom as much as possible. That implies generating
>> >> >> "Require-bundle"
>> >> >> > headers based on the dependencies section of the pom instead of
>> >> >> > autodiscovered "Import-packages".
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > I'd take groupId.artifactId as bundle name and dependency
>> >> version as
>> >> >> > bundle version.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > In the future this could be the standard for any jar
>> generated by
>> >> >> Maven.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > It will assume that dependencies are already available as OSGi
>> >> >> bundles,
>> >> >> > although I'm working on a recursive mode that will generate
>> >> >> > one bundle for each dependency scanning the whole tree of
>> >> transitive
>> >> >> > dependencies.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Please let me know if this sounds right for the
>> >> maven-bundle-plugin.
>> >> >> > Any comments appreciated ;)
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > --
>> >> >> > I could give you my word as a Spaniard.
>> >> >> > No good. I've known too many Spaniards.
>> >> >> > -- The Princess Bride
>> >> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >
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I could give you my word as a Spaniard.
No good. I've known too many Spaniards.
-- The Princess Bride
