AW: OSGi compatible dependencies

2009-08-19 Thread Lewis, Eric
Yes, but in an OSGi environment it makes it pretty much useless, I think. Having every package public would be the "quick'n'dirty" solution, but IMHO the better solution would be the real separation of API and Implementation in the JAR by the authors. Of course, this takes time and effort... Bes

AW: OSGi compatible dependencies

2009-08-19 Thread Lewis, Eric
Hi I know just a little bit about OSGi :-) About 1) This isn't possible, since the OSGi Manifest states what packages are visible for the user of the JAR. You can't automate that, it has to be planned by the authors. On the other hand, a lot of Apache Commons projects already build OSGi comp