diff --git a/main/pom.xml b/main/pom.xml
index 23c1f14..cc182cc 100644
--- a/main/pom.xml
+++ b/main/pom.xml
@@ -103,6 +103,12 @@
             <Private-Package>org.apache.felix.main.*,org.apache.felix.moduleloader.*,org.apache.felix.framework.*,org.osgi.framework,org.osgi.service.packageadmin,org.osgi.service.startlevel,org.osgi.service.url,org.osgi.util.tracker</Private-Package>
             <Import-Package>!*</Import-Package>
             <Include-Resource>{src/main/resources/}</Include-Resource>
+            <!-- Include these properties here because we want them
+                 substituted in the default.properties resource file
+                 so that we only have to maintain one set of properties
+                 and only for that reason. --!>
+            <_include>src/main/resources/config.properties</_include>
+            <dollar>$</dollar>
           </instructions>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
diff --git a/main/src/main/resources/default.properties b/main/src/main/resources/default.properties
index 3704d20..3b0bb0a 100644
--- a/main/src/main/resources/default.properties
+++ b/main/src/main/resources/default.properties
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  org.osgi.service.startlevel; version=1.0.0, \
  org.osgi.service.url; version=1.0.0, \
  org.osgi.util.tracker; version=1.3.2 \
- ${jre-${java.specification.version}}
+ ${dollar}{jre-${dollar}{java.specification.version}}
 
 #org.osgi.framework.bootdelegation=sun.*,com.sun.*
 #felix.cache.profile=foo
@@ -35,430 +35,7 @@
 #
 # Java platform package export properties.
 #
-jre-1.3=, \
- javax.accessibility; \
- javax.naming; \
- javax.naming.directory; \
- javax.naming.event; \
- javax.naming.ldap; \
- javax.naming.spi; \
- javax.rmi; \
- javax.rmi.CORBA; \
- javax.sound.midi; \
- javax.sound.midi.spi; \
- javax.sound.sampled; \
- javax.sound.sampled.spi; \
- javax.swing; \
- javax.swing.border; \
- javax.swing.colorchooser; \
- javax.swing.event; \
- javax.swing.filechooser; \
- javax.swing.plaf; \
- javax.swing.plaf.basic; \
- javax.swing.plaf.metal; \
- javax.swing.plaf.multi; \
- javax.swing.table; \
- javax.swing.text; \
- javax.swing.text.html; \
- javax.swing.text.html.parser; \
- javax.swing.text.rtf; \
- javax.swing.tree; \
- javax.swing.undo; \
- javax.transaction; \
- org.omg.CORBA; \
- org.omg.CORBA_2_3; \
- org.omg.CORBA_2_3.portable; \
- org.omg.CORBA.DynAnyPackage; \
- org.omg.CORBA.ORBPackage; \
- org.omg.CORBA.portable; \
- org.omg.CORBA.TypeCodePackage; \
- org.omg.CosNaming; \
- org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextPackage; \
- org.omg.SendingContext; \
- org.omg.stub.java.rmi; \
- version="1.3.0"
-
-jre-1.4=, \
- javax.accessibility; \
- javax.crypto; \
- javax.crypto.interfaces; \
- javax.crypto.spec; \
- javax.imageio; \
- javax.imageio.event; \
- javax.imageio.metadata; \
- javax.imageio.plugins.jpeg; \
- javax.imageio.spi; \
- javax.imageio.stream; \
- javax.naming; \
- javax.naming.directory; \
- javax.naming.event; \
- javax.naming.ldap; \
- javax.naming.spi; \
- javax.net; \
- javax.net.ssl; \
- javax.print; \
- javax.print.attribute; \
- javax.print.attribute.standard; \
- javax.print.event; \
- javax.rmi; \
- javax.rmi.CORBA; \
- javax.security.auth; \
- javax.security.auth.callback; \
- javax.security.auth.kerberos; \
- javax.security.auth.login; \
- javax.security.auth.spi; \
- javax.security.auth.x500; \
- javax.sound.midi; \
- javax.sound.midi.spi; \
- javax.sound.sampled; \
- javax.sound.sampled.spi; \
- javax.sql; \
- javax.swing; \
- javax.swing.border; \
- javax.swing.colorchooser; \
- javax.swing.event; \
- javax.swing.filechooser; \
- javax.swing.plaf; \
- javax.swing.plaf.basic; \
- javax.swing.plaf.metal; \
- javax.swing.plaf.multi; \
- javax.swing.table; \
- javax.swing.text; \
- javax.swing.text.html; \
- javax.swing.text.html.parser; \
- javax.swing.text.rtf; \
- javax.swing.tree; \
- javax.swing.undo; \
- javax.transaction; \
- javax.transaction.xa; \
- javax.xml.parsers; \
- javax.xml.transform; \
- javax.xml.transform.dom; \
- javax.xml.transform.sax; \
- javax.xml.transform.stream; \
- org.ietf.jgss; \
- org.omg.CORBA; \
- org.omg.CORBA_2_3; \
- org.omg.CORBA_2_3.portable; \
- org.omg.CORBA.DynAnyPackage; \
- org.omg.CORBA.ORBPackage; \
- org.omg.CORBA.portable; \
- org.omg.CORBA.TypeCodePackage; \
- org.omg.CosNaming; \
- org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextExtPackage; \
- org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextPackage; \
- org.omg.Dynamic; \
- org.omg.DynamicAny; \
- org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyFactoryPackage; \
- org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage; \
- org.omg.IOP; \
- org.omg.IOP.CodecFactoryPackage; \
- org.omg.IOP.CodecPackage; \
- org.omg.Messaging; \
- org.omg.PortableInterceptor; \
- org.omg.PortableInterceptor.ORBInitInfoPackage; \
- org.omg.PortableServer; \
- org.omg.PortableServer.CurrentPackage; \
- org.omg.PortableServer.POAManagerPackage; \
- org.omg.PortableServer.POAPackage; \
- org.omg.PortableServer.portable; \
- org.omg.PortableServer.ServantLocatorPackage; \
- org.omg.SendingContext; \
- org.omg.stub.java.rmi; \
- org.w3c.dom; \
- org.w3c.dom.css; \
- org.w3c.dom.events; \
- org.w3c.dom.html; \
- org.w3c.dom.stylesheets; \
- org.w3c.dom.traversal; \
- org.w3c.dom.views; \
- org.xml.sax; \
- org.xml.sax.ext; \
- org.xml.sax.helpers; \
- version="1.4.0"
-
-jre-1.5=, \
- javax.accessibility; \
- javax.activity; \
- javax.crypto; \
- javax.crypto.interfaces; \
- javax.crypto.spec; \
- javax.imageio; \
- javax.imageio.event; \
- javax.imageio.metadata; \
- javax.imageio.plugins.bmp; \
- javax.imageio.plugins.jpeg; \
- javax.imageio.spi; \
- javax.imageio.stream; \
- javax.management; \
- javax.management.loading; \
- javax.management.modelmbean; \
- javax.management.monitor; \
- javax.management.openmbean; \
- javax.management.relation; \
- javax.management.remote; \
- javax.management.remote.rmi; \
- javax.management.timer; \
- javax.naming; \
- javax.naming.directory; \
- javax.naming.event; \
- javax.naming.ldap; \
- javax.naming.spi; \
- javax.net; \
- javax.net.ssl; \
- javax.print; \
- javax.print.attribute; \
- javax.print.attribute.standard; \
- javax.print.event; \
- javax.rmi; \
- javax.rmi.CORBA; \
- javax.rmi.ssl; \
- javax.security.auth; \
- javax.security.auth.callback; \
- javax.security.auth.kerberos; \
- javax.security.auth.login; \
- javax.security.auth.spi; \
- javax.security.auth.x500; \
- javax.security.sasl; \
- javax.sound.midi; \
- javax.sound.midi.spi; \
- javax.sound.sampled; \
- javax.sound.sampled.spi; \
- javax.sql; \
- javax.sql.rowset; \
- javax.sql.rowset.serial; \
- javax.sql.rowset.spi; \
- javax.swing; \
- javax.swing.border; \
- javax.swing.colorchooser; \
- javax.swing.event; \
- javax.swing.filechooser; \
- javax.swing.plaf; \
- javax.swing.plaf.basic; \
- javax.swing.plaf.metal; \
- javax.swing.plaf.multi; \
- javax.swing.plaf.synth; \
- javax.swing.table; \
- javax.swing.text; \
- javax.swing.text.html; \
- javax.swing.text.html.parser; \
- javax.swing.text.rtf; \
- javax.swing.tree; \
- javax.swing.undo; \
- javax.transaction; \
- javax.transaction.xa; \
- javax.xml; \
- javax.xml.datatype; \
- javax.xml.namespace; \
- javax.xml.parsers; \
- javax.xml.transform; \
- javax.xml.transform.dom; \
- javax.xml.transform.sax; \
- javax.xml.transform.stream; \
- javax.xml.validation; \
- javax.xml.xpath; \
- org.ietf.jgss; \
- org.omg.CORBA; \
- org.omg.CORBA_2_3; \
- org.omg.CORBA_2_3.portable; \
- org.omg.CORBA.DynAnyPackage; \
- org.omg.CORBA.ORBPackage; \
- org.omg.CORBA.portable; \
- org.omg.CORBA.TypeCodePackage; \
- org.omg.CosNaming; \
- org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextExtPackage; \
- org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextPackage; \
- org.omg.Dynamic; \
- org.omg.DynamicAny; \
- org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyFactoryPackage; \
- org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage; \
- org.omg.IOP; \
- org.omg.IOP.CodecFactoryPackage; \
- org.omg.IOP.CodecPackage; \
- org.omg.Messaging; \
- org.omg.PortableInterceptor; \
- org.omg.PortableInterceptor.ORBInitInfoPackage; \
- org.omg.PortableServer; \
- org.omg.PortableServer.CurrentPackage; \
- org.omg.PortableServer.POAManagerPackage; \
- org.omg.PortableServer.POAPackage; \
- org.omg.PortableServer.portable; \
- org.omg.PortableServer.ServantLocatorPackage; \
- org.omg.SendingContext; \
- org.omg.stub.java.rmi; \
- org.omg.stub.javax.management.remote.rmi; \
- org.w3c.dom; \
- org.w3c.dom.bootstrap; \
- org.w3c.dom.css; \
- org.w3c.dom.events; \
- org.w3c.dom.html; \
- org.w3c.dom.ls; \
- org.w3c.dom.ranges; \
- org.w3c.dom.stylesheets; \
- org.w3c.dom.traversal; \
- org.w3c.dom.views; \
- org.xml.sax; \
- org.xml.sax.ext; \
- org.xml.sax.helpers; \
- version="1.5.0"
-
-jre-1.6=, \
- javax.accessibility; \
- javax.activation; \
- javax.activity; \
- javax.annotation; \
- javax.annotation.processing; \
- javax.crypto; \
- javax.crypto.interfaces; \
- javax.crypto.spec; \
- javax.imageio; \
- javax.imageio.event; \
- javax.imageio.metadata; \
- javax.imageio.plugins.bmp; \
- javax.imageio.plugins.jpeg; \
- javax.imageio.spi; \
- javax.imageio.stream; \
- javax.jws; \
- javax.jws.soap; \
- javax.lang.model; \
- javax.lang.model.element; \
- javax.lang.model.type; \
- javax.lang.model.util; \
- javax.management; \
- javax.management.loading; \
- javax.management.modelmbean; \
- javax.management.monitor; \
- javax.management.openmbean; \
- javax.management.relation; \
- javax.management.remote; \
- javax.management.remote.rmi; \
- javax.management.timer; \
- javax.naming; \
- javax.naming.directory; \
- javax.naming.event; \
- javax.naming.ldap; \
- javax.naming.spi; \
- javax.net; \
- javax.net.ssl; \
- javax.print; \
- javax.print.attribute; \
- javax.print.attribute.standard; \
- javax.print.event; \
- javax.rmi; \
- javax.rmi.CORBA; \
- javax.rmi.ssl; \
- javax.script; \
- javax.security.auth; \
- javax.security.auth.callback; \
- javax.security.auth.kerberos; \
- javax.security.auth.login; \
- javax.security.auth.spi; \
- javax.security.auth.x500; \
- javax.security.cert; \
- javax.security.sasl; \
- javax.sound.midi; \
- javax.sound.midi.spi; \
- javax.sound.sampled; \
- javax.sound.sampled.spi; \
- javax.sql; \
- javax.sql.rowset; \
- javax.sql.rowset.serial; \
- javax.sql.rowset.spi; \
- javax.swing; \
- javax.swing.border; \
- javax.swing.colorchooser; \
- javax.swing.event; \
- javax.swing.filechooser; \
- javax.swing.plaf; \
- javax.swing.plaf.basic; \
- javax.swing.plaf.metal; \
- javax.swing.plaf.multi; \
- javax.swing.plaf.synth; \
- javax.swing.table; \
- javax.swing.text; \
- javax.swing.text.html; \
- javax.swing.text.html.parser; \
- javax.swing.text.rtf; \
- javax.swing.tree; \
- javax.swing.undo; \
- javax.tools; \
- javax.transaction; \
- javax.transaction.xa; \
- javax.xml; \
- javax.xml.bind; \
- javax.xml.bind.annotation; \
- javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters; \
- javax.xml.bind.attachment; \
- javax.xml.bind.helpers; \
- javax.xml.bind.util; \
- javax.xml.crypto; \
- javax.xml.crypto.dom; \
- javax.xml.crypto.dsig; \
- javax.xml.crypto.dsig.dom; \
- javax.xml.crypto.dsig.keyinfo; \
- javax.xml.crypto.dsig.spec; \
- javax.xml.datatype; \
- javax.xml.namespace; \
- javax.xml.parsers; \
- javax.xml.soap; \
- javax.xml.stream; \
- javax.xml.stream.events; \
- javax.xml.stream.util; \
- javax.xml.transform; \
- javax.xml.transform.dom; \
- javax.xml.transform.sax; \
- javax.xml.transform.stax; \
- javax.xml.transform.stream; \
- javax.xml.validation; \
- javax.xml.ws; \
- javax.xml.ws.handler; \
- javax.xml.ws.handler.soap; \
- javax.xml.ws.http; \
- javax.xml.ws.soap; \
- javax.xml.ws.spi; \
- javax.xml.xpath; \
- org.ietf.jgss; \
- org.omg.CORBA; \
- org.omg.CORBA_2_3; \
- org.omg.CORBA_2_3.portable; \
- org.omg.CORBA.DynAnyPackage; \
- org.omg.CORBA.ORBPackage; \
- org.omg.CORBA.portable; \
- org.omg.CORBA.TypeCodePackage; \
- org.omg.CosNaming; \
- org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextExtPackage; \
- org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextPackage; \
- org.omg.Dynamic; \
- org.omg.DynamicAny; \
- org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyFactoryPackage; \
- org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage; \
- org.omg.IOP; \
- org.omg.IOP.CodecFactoryPackage; \
- org.omg.IOP.CodecPackage; \
- org.omg.Messaging; \
- org.omg.PortableInterceptor; \
- org.omg.PortableInterceptor.ORBInitInfoPackage; \
- org.omg.PortableServer; \
- org.omg.PortableServer.CurrentPackage; \
- org.omg.PortableServer.POAManagerPackage; \
- org.omg.PortableServer.POAPackage; \
- org.omg.PortableServer.portable; \
- org.omg.PortableServer.ServantLocatorPackage; \
- org.omg.SendingContext; \
- org.omg.stub.java.rmi; \
- org.omg.stub.javax.management.remote.rmi; \
- org.w3c.dom; \
- org.w3c.dom.bootstrap; \
- org.w3c.dom.css; \
- org.w3c.dom.events; \
- org.w3c.dom.html; \
- org.w3c.dom.ls; \
- org.w3c.dom.ranges; \
- org.w3c.dom.stylesheets; \
- org.w3c.dom.traversal; \
- org.w3c.dom.views; \
- org.w3c.dom.xpath; \
- org.xml.sax; \
- org.xml.sax.ext; \
- org.xml.sax.helpers; \
- version=\"1.6.0\"
+jre-1.3=${jre-1.3}
+jre-1.4=${jre-1.4}
+jre-1.5=${jre-1.5}
+jre-1.6=${jre-1.6}