Using gradle mit JDK-13

[Nir Lisker]

By the way, Gradle 6.0 RC1 is due today. It could be beneficial to test the
build with it prior to the release of 6.0.

On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 4:16 PM Nir Lisker <nlisker at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>