next jpkg steps

[Dalibor Topic]

Hi everyone,

JavaOne was fun. The jpkg tool had a slice of keynote time [1], and
the feedback was in general very positive. So, time to think about
what we want it to do next. On my list of things jpkg needs next are

* lots of fresh jtreg tests
* rpm backend
* svr4/ips backend

>From the JavaOne feedback, developers are also interested in using 
jpkg for generating JNLP descriptors, OSGi bundles, Maven artifacts, 
multi-module JARs, and a whole bunch of other interesting things. 
That implies that we'll at some point probably need a simple way to 
create jpkg backends as plugins for the tool. 

Ideas, code and jtreg tests in particular ;) are welcome.

cheers,
dalibor topic

[1] http://channelsun.sun.com/video/events/javaone/1631259661/chapter+2:+javaone+2009+sun+technical+general+session/25089975001

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