2009/9/1 Richard S. Hall <he...@ungoverned.org>: > The Apache Felix project, since its inception, has been intended to host > implementations of the OSGi specifications, which includes both the > framework as well as other standard services. A framework implementation was > just one of the goals. > > This proposal seems to be saying a separate project is needed to create some > illusion of independence from Apache Felix, but the whole point of OSGi is > to be vendor neutral, so I am not sure I follow the rationale. > > Apache Felix > subprojects are not tied to the Apache Felix framework subproject and by us > pretending that they are, it only serves to perpetuate this myth. > > I have no issues with new efforts around and on top of OSGi being incubated, > but it gets a little trickier when we are talking about implementing > standard OSGi specs which was the intended community goal of the Apache > Felix project. Are we supposed to compete now for standard service > implementations? Or come to some sort of cartel-like agreement about who > gets what?
Apache has always supported letting a thousand flowers bloom. Multiple projects can overlap or even have competing implementations of the exact same specification or idea. (e.g. we've 2 JAXRS providers, 2 JAXWS providers, 2 message brokers, so many web frameworks I lost track some time ago etc). -- James ------- http://macstrac.blogspot.com/ Open Source Integration http://fusesource.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
