I think this sort of tooling which needs to post-process build artifacts for deployment is certainly the kind of thing the workgroup would be interested in discussing and helping enable. One of the goals in the linked charter is:
- Encourage development of build tooling for cross-platform installation and deployment of packages
Various folks have also mentioned interest in improving building containers as well for deploying services.
I think this would be a great topic to continue discussing here on the forums or bring to an upcoming workgroup meeting. For those who haven't seen it yet I think it's worth calling out this info from the charter:
Community Participation
Everyone is invited to help improve Swift’s build and packaging experience and participate in the Workgroup’s initiatives. Here are some ways to consider participating:
- Discuss ideas on the Swift forums.
- Open GitHub issues to track enhancements or report bugs in the projects governed by the workgroup, such as SwiftPM, Swift Build, and llbuild
- Contribute bug fixes or enhancements to SwiftPM, Swift Build, and llbuild
- Provide feedback directly to the members of the workgroup directly by sending a message to @build-and-packaging-workgroup on the Forums. The workgroup chair brings outstanding issues and topics to the workgroup to discuss during regular meetings.
- Join the Workgroup’s regular video meetings. Send a message to @build-and-packaging-workgroup to request access, since calls must be kept to a relatively small number of participants. Meetings open to the community will be announced on the Swift forums in advance.