Hi Katia,
That's very interesting.
Could you provide us some hints about the way you achieved that reduction?
Which parts of p2 did you remove?
Cheers,
Daniel
Le 08/11/2010 21:08, Todorova, Katya a écrit :
>
> Hi,
>
> SAP is currently exploring new spaces, tightly coupled with OSGi Core and
> Enterprise specifications. In the course of that we are looking for a
> suitable provisioning
> technology to manage the lifecycle of a number of OSGi-based components.
> Naturally, p2 looks like a good candidate for that.
>
> The current size of p2 does not meet our constraints and requirements for
> installing our products on all server nodes in large landscapes.
> The provisioning with the product definition should be downloaded fast, with
> minimal network traffic, requiring minimal disk space. We are looking for a
> solution
> where the installer is relatively small compared to the actual product.
>
> So we started looking for ways to use only parts of the already existing
> functionality, while keeping p2 stable and reliable.
> We managed to reach close to our desired target and currently p2 is widely
> used internally by SAP Java Server team.
>
> We are committed to use standard technologies and not fork already existing
> and proven open source projects. Therefore, we are looking forward to
> contributing
> all changes back to the p2 project and evolve it even further.
>
> Our engagement with p2 is increasing and we will definitely need your help
> and guidance in this journey.
>
> Kind regards,
> Katya
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of Pascal Rapicault
> Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2010 5:53 AM
> To: P2 developer discussions
> Subject: [p2-dev] SAP Contribution
>
> Hi,
>
> As you may remember, during the summer, members of the SAP Java Server team
> expressed their desire of using p2 under tight size constraints [1].
> Despite their patches, we have not been really welcoming. This week spent at
> Eclipse Summit, I have had the opportunity to address that by meeting with
> several members of their team and hear them re-express their desire to become
> contributors to p2.
> Though their needs and constraints are slightly different than those we have
> in Eclipse and Equinox, meeting these will help us reach the wider audience
> we had always foreseen for p2.
>
> All that to say that they will be more active and will need our help and
> guidance.
>
> PaScaL
>
> [1] http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/p2-dev/msg03271.html
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