JPackage EA build 8 ( jdk-14-jpackage+1-8 )

[Scott Palmer]

On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 2:39 PM Andy Herrick <andy.herrick at oracle.com>
wrote:

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>
> On 6/25/2019 1:44 PM, Scott Palmer wrote:
> > I just tried this out. One thing that has changed since my last testing
> was the “create-installer” vs “--package-type” parameter.
> >
> > “--package-type all” isn’t allowed.   If I want to create .rpm and .deb,
> or .exe. and .msi, do I need to run twice now?
> Yes - the new model is that only one artifact generated by each
> invocation of the jpackage command.  To build both artifacts now
> requires running the tool twice. This avoids a problem in the previous
> implementation when one package type succeeded and another failed.
>

I'm doing things in up to three steps now... first run jpackage to create
the application image, then run once to create each of the package types I
want from the application image, e.g. deb and rpm, or msi and exe.
I assume that is the right way to do it to reduce redundant operations...
though I suspect if making a msi and an exe there may still be
optimizations possible.


> > The --help output on macOS ends with the line “Platform dependent
> options for creating the application package:” with no options listed after
> that.  Are there options for setting the background graphic image of the
> installer package and different images for each flavour of .dmg?  The .dmg
> with the Application Bundle should be able to have a different background
> image than the .dmg with a .pkg installer.  The most common contents of the
> Application Bundle .dmg are a alias to the Applications folder and an arrow
> graphic on the background to suggest dragging the app bundle to the
> Applications folder.  For a installer package no such arrow image would be
> needed, though you may have a graphic with some instructions, or just
> branding imagery.
> Currently there are no “Platform dependent options for creating the
> application package:”, but this seems like a good suggestion to add one.
> Would "mac-dmg-image" or "mac-dmg-background" be an appropriate option
> name for such an option ?
>

 I don't like "image" because we are already dealing with that term
referring to something else when using the "--app-image" parameter, so I
would go with background.

I also just noticed that "--icon" is not allowed with "--package-type msi"
when creating the msi using --app-image.  It should be, unless there is
some other way to set the icon to show in "Add or Remove programs"?

Regards,

Scott