What have you seen go wrong with Java packaging? I've had very, very few issues with it. The fact that you can package compiled blobs in JARs means you don't ne

What have you seen go wrong with Java packaging? I've had very, very few issues with it. The fact that you can package compiled blobs in JARs means you don't need to rely on the OS package manager. You can get into some hairy class loader situations with dependencies on conflicting versions, but most other environments don't even let you try and resolve those issues.