On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 9:04 PM, Felix Meschberger <fmesc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Bertrand Delacretaz schrieb: >> I'm thinking of creating a generic launcher, using a text file >> definition to load and start jars, allowing a Sling launcher to take >> over and load and start bundles once a main class is started. > > This sounds a lot like Tanuki Java Service Wrapper ...
Ok, I'll have a look. > ...At first I thought: What may this be used for. Maybe just because I > failed to understand the problem for which you present a solution. > > Is this about creating "custom Sling configurations" ?... It is about empowering users to create their own assemblies of jars and bundles, and share those assemblies in a simple and foolproof way. > Now, this is certainly a valid request, to which we currently have two > answers: > > * The launchpad/bundles project defines a package of bundles to > be included in the app or webapp binary > > * A patch to extend the BootstrapInstaller to read more bundles > for installation from the filesystem... Ok, but sharing the resulting assembly is not convenient, especially if your configuration involves omitting (removing) some launchpad bundles. > ...Maybe we need an additional mechanism for setting up an initial set of > bundles. Now, there's pax runner [1] which sports so called profiles, > which may be exactly what you are envisioning ?... I'll have a closer look at that. -Bertrand > [1] http://paxrunner.ops4j.org/space/Pax+Runner
