hawtio-git feature - Can we avoid fab protocol

[davsclaus]

Installed hawtio feature in karaf 2.3.3

Now clicked on the hawtio-git feature to install as well from the osgi plugin. But got the error about unknown protocol: fab

Wonder if we can make hawtio not rely on fab?

[davsclaus]

We need an osgi bundle: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SMX4-1622

[jstrachan]

I guess we could embed that inside hawtio-git?

[jstrachan]

so maybe hawtio-git just needs to embed/export com.jcraft, org.gitective, javaewah and be a regular bundle? then its only dependency would be jgit

[davsclaus]

Yeah i spend several hours yesterday and got into osgi hell. the jgit has a osgi import on jcraft, but also on its symbolic bundle name, so we cannot use the SMX wrapped bundle as it has a different symbolic name and you cannot override that - eg jcraft must be embedded somehow so jgit can use it.

And then later on some weird errors about OSGI-INF/blueprint/osgi.xml not found and whatnot.

[jstrachan]

OK after an hour or so mucking about with the maven bundle plugin; I'm getting closer. I think due to the jgit having an import bundle on org.jcraft.jsch which doesn't exist any where in a maven repo with that bundle name - we have to embed jgit inside hawtio-git to make an uber bundle for git (I notice that fabric-git does the same too - one day we could make a jgit / uber bundle maybe so we could share?).

Almost done then will commit...