HEADS-UP: switching to gradle 1.8 for next week's build

[Mario Torre]

2013/11/20 Kevin Rushforth <kevin.rushforth at oracle.com>

> All,
>
> Primarily to fix https://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-34171 we are
> upgrading our build environment for JavaFX 8 from gradle 1.4 to gradle 1.8.
> This will be done prior to next week's build for b118. I've been running
> gradle 1.8 for almost two weeks with no issues, and I know other have as
> well. We are doing final testing of the b117 bundles (a build of the b117
> sources using gradle-1.8 will be compared with the gradle-1.4-built
> production).
>
> It will continue to be buildable with gradle 1.4 unless / until someone
> pushes a change requiring 1.8, but all developers are encouraged to upgrade
> to gradle 1.8 at their earliest convenient.
>
> Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
>
> -- Kevin
>
>

Hi Kevin,

Are you planning to upgrade the build often? If not, what are the plans and
schedule for such updates?

It is a real problem for Linux distribution to have a constantly moving
build tool, making packaging of JavaFX next to impossible.

Cheers,
Mario

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