Please stop incrementing the classfile version number when there are no format changes

[Dalibor Topic]

On 11.10.2019 15:15, Dalibor Topic wrote:
> On 11.10.2019 14:45, Mike Hearn wrote:
>> We tried our app with Java 13 but discovered Gradle doesn't work, so we
>> can't build it.
> 
> I would suggest asking about timing of Gradle support for JDK 13 at the 
> Gradle project.
> 
> Gradle was made aware of issues with JDK 13 EA builds on March 4th: 
> https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/8681 . Judging by the answer in 
> https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/8681#issuecomment-532507276 
> support for JDK 13 would be scheduled for Gradle 6.0.
> 
> Unfortunately, I'm not aware of a public schedule for Gradle releases 
> like we have for the OpenJDK, so it's not possible to tell when it would 
> be available.

Fwiw, the Gradle 6.0 release nightly builds seem to include support for 
JDK 13, according to 
https://docs.gradle.org/release-nightly/release-notes.html#java-13 .

cheers,
dalibor topic

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