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Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 11:22:46 +0200
From: Sylvain Wallez <sylvain@apache.org>
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Subject: Re: [RT] The impact of using OSGi
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Bertrand Delacretaz wrote:

> Le 25 juil. 05, � 10:31, Sylvain Wallez a �crit :
>
>> ...- from a technical POV, OSGi is lightweight and has at least 3 
>> robust opensource implementations. So we just have to use one of 
>> them, and not spend time about writing the container. And this as an 
>> immediate effect: during the ApacheCon hackaton, the question that 
>> were raised where of much lower level than those we ever had before 
>> regarding real blocks...
>
>
> I take it that you mean much *higher* level ;-)


Well, high or low, it all depends on how you turn it :-)

By "lower level", I meant questions closer to implementation problems, 
and not brainstorming about what blocks should be.

> And I agree, one big benefit of going for OSGI for the classloading 
> machinery is that it helps us focus on our "core business".


Exactly.

Sylvain

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