> although, admittedly, popular Java build tools currently lag in their support for jlink
That was definitely a problem. I had some bad experiences with maven-jlink-plugin last year, and seeing that it was stuck in 3.0.0-alpha1 since 2017 did not exactly inspire confidence.
However, I just checked and the development of the plugin is now moving again: they released 3.0.0 in Novemeber and 3.1.0 in December, and the documentation has also been updated. So I guess it's time to try again...
That was definitely a problem. I had some bad experiences with maven-jlink-plugin last year, and seeing that it was stuck in 3.0.0-alpha1 since 2017 did not exactly inspire confidence.
However, I just checked and the development of the plugin is now moving again: they released 3.0.0 in Novemeber and 3.1.0 in December, and the documentation has also been updated. So I guess it's time to try again...