next jpkg steps

[Lillian Angel]

Dalibor Topic wrote:
> 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.
>   


I would like to help with the rpm backend and the jtreg tests. Can you 
send me more information on how to get started?


Cheers,
Lillian

> 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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