PlayApplication lost its configurable "assets"

[big-guy]

This behaves somewhat like a source set, so I don't know if it makes sense to make PublicAssets another source set type or just make it configurable in the PlayExtension.

This impacts the way the PlayApplication wires up the assets jar and play run

[bmuschko]

I didn't fully understand the purpose of assets to be honest. Maybe we can briefly chat about why it is necessary.

[tnielens]

Is there currently a way to configure unconventional asset location?

[tnielens]

I've managed to make this work with

createPlayAssetsJar.from("src/main/assets") { into "public"}
runPlay.assetsDirs.from(files("src/main/assets"))

Indeed, a new source set or play extension config could be great :+1:.