[WINK-330] Change slf4j api import to a range to make it more user friendly.

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.1.2
• Component/s: Build
• Patch Info: Patch Available
• Assignee: Bryant Luk
• Reporter: Lin Quan Jiang
• Created: 10/Jan/11 02:17
• Updated: 11/Jan/11 17:37
• Resolved: 10/Jan/11 21:21

Description

Current slf4j import in wink bundles was binded to1.6.1 because of maven-bundle-plugin genereate the manefest file based on maven dependency. This in turn will force any wink user in OSGi environment upgrade their slf4j to 1.6.1.

This is not easy in some cases. As you know, many OSGi users(including geronimo) are using PAX-logging as log bridge to OSGi log service. The slf4j export version in PAX-logging is 1.5.3.

If wink could change the slf4j import to a range with a lower starting version. It would be more OSGi user friendly. Following is an example with wink-common module. Please review it.

If you agree, I will open a JIRA and attach a complete patch for it.