On Tue, 22 Sep 2026 10:20:51 GMT, Nir Lisker <[email protected]> wrote:
>> build.gradle line 4995:
>>
>>> 4993:
>>> 4994: doLast() {
>>> 4995: ant(t.name,
>>
>> This is (all things considered) a broader question, but I would really
>> recommend not adding any more Ant tasks (and thus increasing our dependency
>> on Ant).
>> The goal can also be accomplished without Ant (and without `build.xml`),
>> which simplifies the configuration, and will make us only use Gradle and not
>> another tool like Ant.
>>
>> cc @nlisker also interested in your opinion.
>
> Yes, this will be going backwards. The external executions that Gradle can't
> follow mess up the caching. I recently added a [Gradle build
> file](https://github.com/nlisker/jfx/blob/9eaf738cc83a0d4ae845346efd8c5e8f3b510ec0/tests/performance/3DLighting/build.gradle)
> for the 3DLighting test application, and that one is external to the main
> build. Here we're wiring a new project to the main build, thus increasing the
> technical debt.
I don't quite get this aversion to `ant`. This build file worked without
changes since probably 2014, yet with `gradle` we had to go through upgrades,
additional build steps...
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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/2156#discussion_r4073608233
