JEP 343: Packaging Tool

[mark.reinhold at oracle.com]

2019/6/5 16:09:11 -0700, Alan Snyder <fishgarage at cbfiddle.com>:
> I haven’t used recent versions of this tool, but I have found it
> essential to be able to modify the image before the final package is
> created. There is no way that this tool can anticipate all of the
> custom configuration that might be needed, and I do not want to
> duplicate its ability to create an image and to build a package from
> the image.

That’s a fair point.

It does suggest, however, that perhaps this should be two separate
tools -- one to create an OS-specific image, and another to create
an OS-specific package.  They should work well together, of course,
but it’s not clear that they need to be merged into a single tool.

- Mark