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10 years ago I succeeded in doing most of that by myself: http://jogamp.org/wiki/index.php/Foreign_Packaging#Redline
In my humble opinion, the "usage" web page should be updated as it doesn't mention any third party library.
There are currently two examples of usage relying on Ant here: http://redline-rpm.org/usage.html
They are simple to understand but a more complete example for an application packaged as a single "fat" jar would be welcome especially for the developers who have only a very few notions on Linux native packaging as you can see on StackOverflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22562799/create-rpm-package-for-java-any-automatic-software
Moreover, it would help the transition from Java Webstart to native packaging with RPM.
This more elaborated example should mention the following "elements":
Maybe there is nothing to do to create the shortcuts, I don't know the native rpm build tools enough to be sure of that.
I don't know the good practices. I don't even know why you create a symbolic link in the second example, it probably allows to install several versions of the same library and to point to the latest installed one. When is it recommended to do so? What are the pros and cons?
I can contribute but I'll need some help. Don't see this as a waste of time. When it works, I'll mention it in the JOGL user's guide and I'll use it for my game.