Using gradle mit JDK-13

[Nir Lisker]

Sorry, that was my mistake when I updated that page for Skara. We usually
list JDK N and N-1 as compatible for JFX N and I missed that Gradle is not
there yet for 13.
Use JDK 12 for now.

- Nir

On Fri, Oct 18, 2019, 09:02 Robert Lichtenberger <r.lichtenberger at gmail.com>
wrote:

> In trying to provide a fix for JDK-8232524 I have begun to setup a build
> for JavaFX.
>
> According to [1] using JDK-13 is recommended. However, gradle is not yet
> ready to run on JDK-13 ([2]):
>
> [rli at rlinux jfx]$ ./gradlew clean
>
> FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
>
> * Where:
>
> Build file '/home/rli/PWEs/jfx/buildSrc/build.gradle'
>
> * What went wrong:
>
> Could not compile build file '/home/rli/PWEs/jfx/buildSrc/build.gradle'.
>
> > startup failed:
>
>   General error during semantic analysis: Unsupported class file major
> version 57
>
> I'll now continue on JDK-12 (just like I have to in my day job) but is
> there any general advice on how to proceed with JDK-13?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Robert
>
>
> [1]
> https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/OpenJFX/Building+OpenJFX#BuildingOpenJFX-LinuxDesktopBuildLinux
>
> [2] https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/8681
>
>