[Mod-Sys Reqs] Comment on "Substitution"

[David Bosschaert]

On 18 July 2011 15:06, Peter Kriens <peter.kriens at aqute.biz> wrote:
> On 18 jul 2011, at 15:46, Jesse Glick wrote:
>> On 07/18/2011 03:07 AM, Peter Kriens wrote:
>>> you're basically rediscovering OSGi's service model
>> Indeed - there are various service models out there. I am simply trying to respond in the context of "Java Module-System Requirements", which (a) offers a very simple service model, (b) then offers another feature, substitution, which a service model could subsume (in the case of new APIs).
> But I think we should not develop new constructs if existing concepts can be used instead and I think packages are an excellent candidate for what you propose if they are used properly by the specification authorities.

+1!

David