[~aloraine]

I have made the changes for one of the apps. Kindly review and let me know if it is fine to proceed with other apps as well.

https://bitbucket.org/noorzahara/23andme-snp-converter-local/branch/IGBF-1906#diff

https://bitbucket.org/noorzahara/merge-annotation-operator-local/branch/IGBF-1906#diff

https://bitbucket.org/noorzahara/protannot-local/branch/IGBF-1906#diff

https://bitbucket.org/noorzahara/command-socket-local/branch/IGBF-1906#diff

https://bitbucket.org/noorzahara/geometric-mean-operator-local/branch/IGBF-1906#diff

I am not sure if this is the correct syntax or not. It looks OK...but...I'm no expert!

• To check it, build the App, open the jar file and review the manifest. Also, look at the repository.xml that is generated.
• Edit the POM to state a dependency on 8 or above, with no limit. If the App is still recognized by IGB App Manager GUI from version 9.0.2 or above, then it's probably working as expected.
• Consult the OSGi In Action book for confirmation that you're seeing the right effects in the manifest (Sameer, Charan and others have copies they can share with you if you don't already have it)

The App is being detected by IGB App Manager GUI.

Have changed the pom in such a way that all the Apps will support IGB version >= 9.1.0

The way to test:

Upload the jar link to Preferences->Add Repositories and check if IGB recognizes the App.

The current syntax i have followed is taking a long time to get added to the bundle list and also once it is added, it is not getting installed.

So I did a bit of a research and found another way.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48445913/how-can-i-import-a-package-at-any-version-greater-than-or-equal-to-1-0-0-in-osgi?answertab=active#tab-top

Above URL links to:
https://www.eclipse.org/virgo/documentation/virgo-documentation-3.7.0.M01/docs/virgo-user-guide/html/ch02s02.html

Quoting from above:

"Version Ranges
Dependencies on bundles and packages have an associated version range which is specified using an interval notation: a square bracket “[” or “]” denotes an inclusive end of the range and a round bracket “(” or “)” denotes an exclusive end of the range. Where one end of the range is to be included and the other excluded, it is permitted to pair a round bracket with a square bracket. The examples below make this clear.

If a single version number is used where a version range is required this does not indicate a single version, but the range starting from that version and including all higher versions.

There are three common cases:

A “strict” version range, such as [1.2,1.2], which denotes that version and only that version.

A “half-open” range, such as [1.2,2), which has an inclusive lower limit and an exclusive upper limit, denoting version 1.2.0 and any version after this, up to, but not including, version 2.0.0.

An “unbounded” version range, such as 1.2, which denotes version 1.2 and all later versions.
"

Noor Zahara, I tried building and installing all of the apps in IGB. Because of the latest change, the IGB is able to detect the app and is able to install it. You can submit a pull request for the same.

Functional testing has been done for the same. Everything is working as expected. Moving the ticket to done.

Note added in 2024:

For the definitive documentation as to the meaning of a single version number in Import-Package, see:

https://docs.osgi.org/specification/osgi.core/8.0.0/framework.module.html#framework.module.importpackage
and
https://docs.osgi.org/specification/osgi.core/8.0.0/framework.module.html#i3189032

The second link gives an example version of 1.2.3 and indicates this means any version 1.2.3 or higher satisfies the requirement.