[jboss-dev] why strip version from jarnames?

[Thomas Diesler]

An installer like OSGi

http://jbmuc.dyndns.org/jboss-osgi/userguide/html/ChapGettingStarted.html#SecInstall

might wish to overwrite existing jars with newer versions. I am aware 
that this might trigger a whole new conversation on whether this should 
even be allowed. However, it is currently the only way to get new tec 
like OSGi (that is not already part of the AS distribution) installed on 
already released AS versions.

Matrix of OSGi supported frameworks/containers

http://jbmuc.dyndns.org/jboss-osgi/userguide/html/ChapGettingStarted.html#SecHudson

cheers
-thomas


On 01/30/2010 03:29 AM, Bill Burke wrote:
> Just wondering, why strip version tags from jar names in jboss AS
> distribution?  Is this just practice or a requirement?

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Thomas Diesler
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