RFR: JDK-8212780: JEP 343: Packaging Tool Implementation

[Andy Herrick]

On 11/10/2018 8:12 AM, Sverre Moe wrote:
> I have been using the jpackager that Johan Vos backported for OpenJDK 11.
> For this I have some points of improvement I would like to mention.
>
> 1)
> The control file for debian package does not set correct description
>
> --name test
> --description This is a Test Application
>
> /tmp/jdk.packager607148779833718376/linux/control
> Package: test
> Description: test
>
> The RPM gets it correctly
> Summary     : test
> Description :
> This is a Test Application
>
>
> 2)
> Category is not set on either DEB or RPM
>   --category
>           Category or group of the application.
> --category "Some/Category/Application"
> Group: Unspecified
> Section: unknown
>
> 3)
> The jpackager command line should have the flag --release in addition 
> to --version. The only way to set a different release than "1" is to 
> supply a custom spec file for RPM and control file for DEB.
> package/linux/test.spec
> Version: 1.0.0
> Release: RC1
> package/linux/control
> Version: 1.0.0-RC1
>
I have filed issue JDK-8213941 
<https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8213941> and we will be 
looking into it.

Thanks.

/Andy

>
> /Sverre