Re: [forge-dev] Forge 2.0 and OSGi

i remember this post: I've rarely in my life met a more overengineered, overcomplex spec than OSGi. Compatibility with OSGi should be an anti-requirement in any sane world. Unfortunately we live in this world :-( Gavin King [http://in.relation.to/22155.lace] Fiorenzo PS i never used osgi in my jee apps, and i hate my eclipse when i need to restart it after a plugin installation... 2012/9/25 <ggastald(a)redhat.com&gt; > Hello, > > I've been done some thinking and researching for Forge 2.0 based on the > last forge meeting we had and the current code in the 2.0 branch, and it > seems that the architecture we're looking for is very close to OSGi > architecture itself (regarding to plugability and modularity). > > I'm also afraid that we'll face the same problems that OSGi tries to > solve. As my current experience with OSGi is next to minimal (and probably > to better understand why and have some arguments if someone asks me about > it), I would like some opinions about the advantages/disadvantages of why > not having the Forge container as an OSGi compliant solution. > > Also, don't get me wrong: I am not trying to convince anyone of using > OSGi into the forge core, just want to understand better why this > architecture is not a viable solution so far. I know Lincoln is against > using it, but I just want some arguments in case someone asks me in > conferences and stuff :) > > Of course, we need to keep using CDI and annotations as well. So if it's > possible to have that and at the same time the modularity (and plugability) > offered by OSGi, it would be awesome. > > Looking forward for your answers ! > > Best Regards, > > -- > *George Gastaldi* | *Senior Software Engineer* > JBoss Forge Team > Red Hat > > _______________________________________________ > forge-dev mailing list > forge-dev(a)lists.jboss.org > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/forge-dev > > _______________________________________________ forge-dev mailing list forge-dev(a)lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/forge-dev