I agree, that there is value in a modular build. Its tracked by [AS7-5494] Add support for a modular AS7 build

It would also allow other projects to decouple from the AS7 release cycle and provide a minimalistic runtime to support their stuff. Specifically, I'm interested to go back to a more predictable release cycle for the jbosgi and again include a standalone runtime with our distribution. The runtime would be AS7 based, include the osgi subsystem and possibly other subsystems we integrate with (e.g. naming, transaction, jmx, web, ...)

On 09/04/2012 12:58 PM, Thomas Diesler wrote:

This probably needs to be a community driven effort. A "product in its own right" actually triggers an armada of jboss/redhat folks to do additional work on top of what we put out as a community project. This would only be done if justified by sufficient interest.

A good starting point would be to modify the build such that is supports configurable subsystems. From a modular service container perspective it's probably worth to stick with the standards and use the osgi only profile.

On 09/03/2012 09:48 PM, Olaf Bergner wrote:

While I think that JBoss AS 7's architecture and implementation are
outstanding neither I nor the company I'm working for have a need for a
JEE container. What we *do* have a need for, though, is a robust,
performant, flexibel and manageable runtime for deploying our networked
services in. Having taken a look at JBoss AS 7's Modular Service
Container, its extension mechanism, its flexibel configuration model and
the fact that it's based on JBoss Modules I started to think that a
JBoss AS 7 distribution stripped down to its core just might fit the bill.

Beyond creating that minimal distribution itself I think all it would
take is to add some documentation, especially on how to use the Modular
Service Container, something I couldn't find *any* documentation for.
Plus maybe a sample application or two. Provided someone in the know
volunteered to assist me I would be more than willing to provide those.

What do you think?

Regards,
Olaf
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