[jsr-314-open] Need guidance: invalid assumptions in design of resource versioning feature

[Pete Muir]

On 8 Sep 2009, at 21:48, Dan Allen wrote:

> On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Pete Muir <pmuir at redhat.com> wrote:
> Why don't we specify that only bundled resources are required to be  
> supported, and that a container may portably support installed  
> libraries?
>
> That's precisely what I had in mind.
>
>
> Mojarra and other implementations would be able to provide this  
> support via a vendor specific SPI.
>
> Should the SPI be part of the spec or something the implementation  
> provides? Perhaps Mojarra can introduce an SPI that we later promote  
> in an MR?

This would be the approach I would take.