I would really like to see a repository with suitable OSGi meta data.
What I do not understand though is why many aproaches completely build
up their own repositories.
For example eclipse does this. They are publishing their p2 repositories
which contain just what is needed for the eclipse release + some small
eco system. The problem with these repos is
that you never find there all the artifacts you need for a project. On
the other hand they are not publishing to maven central. So it is very
difficult to use some of their artifacts outside OSGi and eclipse.
Wouldnt it be better to simply deploy all bundles to maven central and
then just store the OSGi meta data in a separate repository? For example
a p2 repository could just point to the maven artifact coordinates
and only contains the meta data needed to search inside the repo.
Basically most of the meta data would not even be strictly necessary as
it is mostly contained in the manifests. So it is rather a cache.
So this would allow to create company repositories by just specifying
subsets of maven central without replicating all the artifacts.
So how does jpm4j fare in this regards? Does it require its own repos or
would it work with artifacts from central?
Regarding that many jars are still not valid bundles we should go on
encouraging the respective projects to create the meta data themselves.
It is just not manageable at large scale to create bundles externally
for each new jar version.
Christian
Am 17.11.2013 11:44, schrieb Neil Bartlett:
Actually I hope that with JPM4J integration (see jpm4j.org
<http://jpm4j.org>) we will be able to do much better than Maven...
As Ferry points out, the problem with using Maven central directly is
that most of its contents are not bundles. JPM is an effort to create
a global repository for OSGi bundles, however we are still working on
this integration. For now most organisations tend to use their own
internal bundle repositories. This may be some effort to set up
initially but it has advantages for the organisation in terms of
control and governance, since Maven central can be something like the
Wild West!
Regards
Neil
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Christian Schneider
http://www.liquid-reality.de
Open Source Architect
Talend Application Integration Division http://www.talend.com
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