cen <[email protected]> writes: > Hi,
hello Klemen, > 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? > > I see there were some attempts at v6, v8, v9, all apparently stalled or > given up. > > 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? my personal opinion is that it's easier to patch gradle9 to gradle4 than to maven. Watch out for subtle changes in behavior though (I think this would be the case for "freeplane"). Cheers and Best Regards, Felix -- Felix Natter debian/rules!
