sbt/sbt-native-packager

Support for jpackage of JDK 16

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#1,405 opened on Mar 16, 2021

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Description

JDK 16 brings with it a new packaging tool jpackage.

Although it seems like a competitor to a degree, it would make sense to make it available through sbt-native-packager as this one includes a JDK in the final distribution and targets Desktop applications it seems; and of course abstracting it away improves things for the end users :-)

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Research direction
Study the jpackage tool and its command line options. Review existing packager implementations (e.g., for deb, rpm) in sbt native packager to understand the pattern. Then implement a new JpackagePlugin following the same structure.
Tech stack
scala
Domain
devops
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Feature
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4
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Half day
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Active
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Clear
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Scalasbt
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60