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Re: [e4-dev] Dependency Preference and Versioning
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Boris Bokowski schrieb:
> Ed Merks wrote on 01/14/2009 09:55:27 AM:
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>> This question drives at a key point: evolution. Even if we start
>> with the best of intentions based on the best of designs---I do
>> believe that package dependencies are finer grained and more
>> flexible---as things evolve, they tend to get messed up again. E.
>> g., even if we have package dependencies, there's no stopping
>> clients from having bundle dependencies instead, so moving a package
>> from one bundle to another bundle on which clients don't already
>> have a direct dependency will be a breaking change.
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> Yes, whenever you move packages between bundles, the original bundle has
> to Require-Bundle the new one and re-export it.
>
But this is not needed if I use Import-Package because then OSGi handles
this for me or am I completely mistaken?
Tom
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