On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 12:19 AM, Cédric Champeau <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 2016-07-08 9:10 GMT+02:00 Jochen Theodorou <[email protected]>: >> >> >> >> On 07.07.2016 17:25, Cédric Champeau wrote: >>> >>> Gradle 3.0 will require JDK 7. Gradle 2.x can run on JDK 6. I'm not a >>> big fan of "backporting". To me it's easier to complete 2.5 with JDK 7 >>> now, then switch master to 3.0 and upgrade to JDK 8 there. >> >> >> Gradle 3 is the only reason to even make the switch from JDK6 to JDK8. I >> imagine if we would not want to use Gradle3 we would still switch to JDK8 or >> newer in Groovy 3, but stay with JDK6 otherwise. > > > Gradle 3.0 is JDK 7+ only. It's also the only one compatible with JDK 9. Our > `master` branch is already using Gradle 3.0, but we didn't make a call > regarding support of JDK 6 for 2.5.
What's a timeline for Gradle 3.0 GA? Thanks, Roman.
