[gradle] 05/05: Merge libgradle-core-java and libgradle-plugins-java into gradle

[Miguel Landaeta]

On Thu, Jul 09, 2015 at 11:35:41AM +0200, Markus Koschany wrote:
> 
> I don't mind merging the packages if there are no objections from Miguel
> or Hans. Though I also think that it makes sense to separate the
> libraries from the gradle package because the latter depends on a JRE
> and recommends a JDK which is undesired if an external application is
> only interested in some jar files from libgradle-plugins-java for
> example. If you want to simplify things, I suggest to merge
> libgradle-core-java and libgradle-plugins-java into libgradle-java
> instead but that would require another run through NEW. On the other
> hand perhaps we should wait with restructuring gradle until we have more
> data what applications really expect from gradle in the future.

Hi,

In general, I'll not be in favor of unneccesary package merging,
or in this case, of having only one gradle package.

When I began packaging gradle years ago, I did a mistake and I created
binary packages for gradle and for every plugin. This was not correct and
caused too much work with every new release (having to pass through
NEW, complex dependencies rules, etc).

IMO, having libgradle-core-java and libgradle-plugins-java is the
right compromise for current gradle usage in Debian.

If for example, I'm developing something in kotlin, jruby, groovy or
even in java and I need to use a feature availaible in gradle core
library, I don't want to pull a list of unrelated plugins (and their
dependencies) plus a full gradle installation, I'd only want gradle
core jar.

I think the current package arrangement should not be modified until
we have more data. Currently, gradle doesn't have that many reverse
dependencies so I suspect is very early to do this kind of changes.

I'd focus on keeping up to date with upstream since that's usually a
challenge by itself.

Cheers,

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