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Apache Karaf OSGi runtime 4.4.3 has just been released. Let's take a quick look on the main highlights ;) You can download Karaf here: https://karaf.apache.org/download.html . The full release notes are available here: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12311140&version=12352267 . Fix threads leak in karaf-maven-plugin:verify The karaf-maven-plugin provides a convenient goal to verify Karaf features. It's simple way to verify that features: are complete, with all requirements resolved reference valid other features can be installed on a runtime without issue Karaf itself (and its subprojects) is using karaf-maven-plugin:verify to verify its own features. You can easily use the verify goal in your project, like this in your pom.xml : <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.karaf.tooling</groupId> <artifactId>karaf-maven-plugin</artifactId> <

Apache Karaf trunk (future 3.0 release) now fully supports OSGi 4.3 release by running Apache Felix framework 4.0.1 and Eclipse Equinox 3.7.1. If this update is just a support update, it gives us the opportunity to see what we can leverage from the OSGi r4 early draft. What’s in preparation in OSGi r4 ? I will not cover the whole OSGi 4 specification. I will just spot some features that will be “key” features in Karaf. New OBR specification (RFC-0112) Currently, there are a number of available solutions to downloading and installing bundles: current OBR stores the bundles and allows users to discover bundles P2 provisioning platform used in Eclipse Maven repositories as used in Karaf Nimble Repositories which are an extension of OBR to deal with active state dependencies The idea is to gather all these concepts into a new OBR specification. The new OBR will be able to: handle bundle fragments dependencies, provide management tooling can use a resolver strategy allowing to work with Fel