Using gradle mit JDK-13

[Nir Lisker]

>
> By way of information, the current toolchain versions used by the JavaFX
> build are recorded in build.properties [4].


I referenced this file for the minimum and current Gradle versions in the
Gradle section of the build instructions [1] to avoid needing to update the
wiki page manually every time the version changes.

I now corrected the page to say that Java 13 support is pending Gradle 6.
Thanks Robert.

- Nir

[1]
https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/OpenJFX/Building+OpenJFX#BuildingOpenJFX-Gradle

On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 3:57 PM Kevin Rushforth <kevin.rushforth at oracle.com>
wrote:

> Correct. will need to upgrade to gradle 6 to support building with JDK
> 13. See JDK-8232063 [1] and JDK-8232064 [2]. The gradle team indicates
> that they plan to ship gradle 6 on November 1 [3].
>
> By way of information, the current toolchain versions used by the JavaFX
> build are recorded in build.properties [4].
>
> -- Kevin
>
> [1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8232063
> [2] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8232064
> [3] https://github.com/gradle/gradle/milestones
> [4] https://github.com/openjdk/jfx/blob/master/build.properties#L75
>
>
> On 10/18/2019 4:56 AM, Nir Lisker wrote:
> > 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
> >>
> >>
>
>