Bug#933264: gradle: Nearly 3-year-old version almost useless

[Markus Koschany]

Hi,

Am 05.10.20 um 23:07 schrieb Nick Jacobs:
> Package: gradle
> Version: 4.4.1-12
> Followup-For: Bug #933264
> X-Debbugs-Cc: halbtaxabo-deb at yahoo.com
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> I tried to use gradle to build an application called keenwrite.
> Build failed with the error message that the build requires at
> least version 5.1 of gradle. (The current version is 6.6).
> The version installed (even in sid) is 4.4.1.

Short version is: We are fully aware gradle in Debian is not up-to-date
but it is much more complicated. Did you know that Gradle, a Java build
tool, now requires Kotlin to build Java packages? Did you know that in
Debian every piece of software is self-contained and we package every
dependency independently, so that you don't have to rely on random
binary packages from the internet? We need gradle to build packages from
source but it is not feasible for us to support all use cases outside of
Debian. We encourage you to get involved in Debian. Otherwise there are
 alternatives like Maven that provide a similar experience for most Java
developers but are far easier to maintain. And yes, "we" are a handful
of contributors.

Regards,

Markus

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