Re: [sca-assembly] [ASSEMBLY-257] Global domain channels creationinconsistent with pattern established by definitions.xml - Proposal to Closewith No Action

I believe that the previous discussion we had on 257 brought out a
    comment along the following lines:

    
      
services and references are also deployed as part of
        composites and can be deployed to the root of the domain, thus
        causing name conflicts, so in that regard, global domain
        channels are similar to existing constructs.

      

    
    With respect to #1, I looked at absolutely every normative statement
    I could find, and I didn't find any normative statement that
    requires uniqueness amongst the names of the services or references
    deployed to the root of a domain (if I'm wrong, please let me know.)
    For me, at least, then, the comparison with services and references
    doesn't hold, because global domain channels will have name
    collisions, as is intended by their "global" nature.

    

    In addition, as I asserted when raising the issue, the life-cycle of
    a global domain channel differs from the life-cycle of a service or
    reference, insofar as undeploying a contribution that defines a
    service only breaks references to said service, whereas undeployment
    of a GDC will affect all consumers and producers of said GDC.

    

    I believe the issue is still relevant, and that we should do one of
    the following:

    
      
GDC deployment should be separated from composites, and move
        into definitions.xml

      
Add some flag to the composite that specifically flags whether
        or not it can be deployed directly to the domain

      
Add a flag to individual channel declarations indicating
        whether they can become "global", or whether they remain private
        even when the composite in question is deployed directly to the
        domain.

    
    -Eric.

    

    

    On 8/22/11 9:56 PM, Mike Edwards wrote:
    
      
      

      Folks,
      

      

      As discussed at the Assembly TC
        meeting
        of 16th August, there is a proposal to Close with No Action
        Issue # 257.
      

      

      This will come up for discussion
        at
        the TC meeting of 23rd August as the first 1.2 Spec item.
      

      

      

      This email is sent in accordance
        with
        the wishes of the TC meeting of 16th August to give warning as
        to the
      

      direction that will be taken in
        relation
        to this issue.
      

      

      
      

      Yours, Mike
      

      
        
          

            
              
            
          

          

            
              

            
          

          

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