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

[Kevin Rushforth]

We might do an upgrade during some JDK 8u release (e.g., 8u20 or 8u40), 
but there would need to be a good reason to do so.

-- Kevin


Mario Torre wrote:
> Hi Kevin,
>
> Ok, so this should be the last change at least until the beginning of 
> JFX9, that's a good news.
>
> Thanks,
> Mario
>
>
> 2013/11/20 Kevin Rushforth <kevin.rushforth at oracle.com 
> <mailto:kevin.rushforth at oracle.com>>
>
>     Hi Mario,
>
>     We don't upgrade our build environment lightly or frequently, and
>     this will be the last such upgrade for FX 8, since we are hitting
>     rampdown phase 2 in less than two weeks.
>
>     Ordinarily, you should expect to receive more notice for these
>     sort of changes, and they should be done as part of a milestone
>     build or similar.
>
>     -- Kevin
>
>
>
>     Mario Torre wrote:
>>
>>     2013/11/20 Kevin Rushforth <kevin.rushforth at oracle.com
>>     <mailto: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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