RFR: 8321434: Update Gradle to 8.5

Fri Dec 8 13:16:24 UTC 2023

On Fri, 8 Dec 2023 13:13:31 GMT, Kevin Rushforth <kcr at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Gradle 8.5.0 released on Nov 29, 2023, supports JDK 21.
>> We need to update Gradle to 8.5 in order to update the boot JDK.
>> There are not API level changes in Gradle that we need to work on, hence the change is only Gradle version update.
>> 
>> Also, merging the PR with boot jdk update to 21.0.1 b12
>
> Note to reviewers: this does _not_ change the minimum version of the JDK needed to build or run JavaFX, which remains at JDK 17. Nor does it change the minimum version of gradle. However, if you do use JDK 21.x to build (which will be used by GHA and our production builds after this is integrated), then you will need gradle 8.5.

Reviewers: @kevinrushforth and either @johanvos or @tiainen

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1300#issuecomment-1847148241