Summary

Jira could ship with Java application that would replace all of shell starting/configuration scripts. Running the application would create a configured Tomcat instance with Jira webapp.

This would have following adventages:

• Jira wouldn't rely on shell startup scripts, making it more OS agnostic - fixing e.g. JRASERVER-68811
• Jira could manage default vs custom configuration (JRASERVER-68882) for:
  • Tomcat
  • JVM/GC
  • Logging
• Mentioned above configurations could be stored in jirahome/database making upgrade process less complicated, as the configuration wouldn't need to be reapplied.
• Atlassian SDK could run Jira directly from Java without need of it's own Tomcat