David,Please review the simple change to the version check logic to use 2.9 as the preferred version of gradle (with 1.8 still being the default).
https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8090171 http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~kcr/8090171/webrev.00/NOTE: as stated in my "HEADS-UP" e-mail, this will be pushed to sandbox-9-jake first and later to 9-dev
-- Kevin
