Hi Klemen,
Le 18/09/2026 à 01:40, cen a écrit :
is there a wiki/document that fully track the issues with packaging
newer gradle version or if someone could describe what the latest status
is?
Last year Julien Plissonneau Duquène frequently reported on this list
his progress, I think that's the most documented attempt so far.
I see there were some attempts at v6, v8, v9, all apparently stalled or
given up.
Personally I gave up, that's probably a full time task for a couple of
months with no success guarantee.
The current situation seems untenable and not having newer versions
basically stalls all Debian Java packages where upstream apps moved on
to gradle 4+.
I tried to pull in a new upstream version of a Java app packaged in
Debian (now requires v9) and stepped into this minefield.
Has vendoring/bundling been considered at this point?
Should we start patching packages to rewrite gradle to maven?
Definitely the easiest strategy if the project is pure Java with no
Kotlin. That's what I did to package JUnit 5. I think a Gradle to Maven
conversion is a perfect task for an AI.
Emmanuel Bourg
