I still think the plugin is useful, but it really points out some of the
internal integration/architecture problems we have in the server today
that need to be addressed before we release a 2.2.
-Donald
Joe Bohn wrote:
> Well ... this is certainly something to discuss ... perhaps a bit larger
> than this plugin in scope.
>
> As way of background ... the motivation for the plugin was to close out
> a discussion (and JIRA) that was nearly a year old. At the time (and in
> subsequent recent discussions) it decided that this simple plugin would
> provide one solution for users that wanted to share a common Geronimo
> installation image and have server specific instances each controlling
> it's own set of deployed applications. See GERONIMO-2814
> > [https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO-2814] for details. I
> think this plugin (and the wiki notes) provide a manageable but
> certainly not optimal solution for the desired configuration.
>
> Considering a default split between repositories for system vs. server
> use by default (even if only a single Geronimo server is running from an
> installation) is a much broader issue and requires more consensus from
> the community.
>
> Is it your opinion that we should not release this plugin and tackle
> this larger issue?
>
> I'd be interested in hearing other opinions on this point.
>
> It seems that this simple plugin is becoming a hot-bed for several large
> issues ... plugin version management, repository structure/management
> ... what's next? :-)
>
> Joe
>
>
>
> Donald Woods wrote:
>> Well, looking at the wiki page explaining this in the vote, I really
>> don't like the 2 notes/warnings at the bottom of the page.
>>
>> It seems that what we really need to do, is in 2.2 make a new server
>> instance repo under /var/repository the default for any user deployed
>> apps/plugins and update the current portlet to install/view items into
>> the repo, to only allow view rights to ghome/repository and
>> install/view to var/repository.
>>
>> That way, we don't get apps deployed to multiple repos at the same
>> time as the default behavior, users don't have to add a second repo
>> themselves (which require write access to the ghome/repository
>> directory) and it may help simplify how things would behave when WADI
>> clustering is used.
>>
>>
>> -Donald
>>
>>
>> Joe Bohn wrote:
>>> Start of thread to discuss any concerns/issues/questions with the
>>> vote for the Server Repository plugin for Geronimo 2.1.1
>>>
>>> Joe
>>>
>
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