RFR: JDK-8217894: jpackage CLI syntax changes

Andy Herrick andy.herrick at oracle.com
Wed Feb 6 17:44:01 UTC 2019


On 2/6/2019 11:06 AM, Alan Bateman wrote:
>
>
> On 06/02/2019 15:53, Roger Riggs wrote:
>> Hi Andy,
>>
>> In the help text,  the mention of "JImage" isn't needed. It will just 
>> make folks ask, what's a JImage.
>> Line 168:  Shrink it to: "separated list of modules to add"
> Right, the jimage container is internal to the JDK so it shouldn't be 
> in the usage output (only the `jimage` tool, included for 
> troubleshooting purposes, should mention jimage files).
>
> Andy - are you planning to sync up with JEP so that it documents the 
> latest CLI options? I realize it's a pain to keep the two in sync 
> while you iterate but it's also confusing to have the JEP document 
> options that no longer exist.
>
yes - we had planed to sync up the JEP while these CLI and help message 
output changes were being implemented. I hope to get to that this week.
/Andy
> -Alan



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