Regarding image based programming. There is nothing preventing you from exporting your package(s) as a "change set". This change set can be imported into your s

Regarding image based programming. There is nothing preventing you from exporting your package(s) as a "change set". This change set can be imported into your start image. Any real globals would of course not reside in the change set, because it originated from a package. Maybe I'm missing your point.