[jira] [Created] (TAP5-2809) Improve/Fix Gradle Setup

["Ben Weidig (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Ben Weidig created TAP5-2809:
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             Summary: Improve/Fix Gradle Setup
                 Key: TAP5-2809
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TAP5-2809
             Project: Tapestry 5
          Issue Type: Task
    Affects Versions: 5.9.1
            Reporter: Ben Weidig


The current Gradle setup has multiple issues:
 * Pre-Java 8 remnants
 * Incomplete upgrade to JUnit 5
 * Incorrect testng.xml
 * Misaligned dependency version between projects

 

To improve the situation, I suggest:
 * Remove all pre-Java 8 options
 * Create Gradle conventions for
 ** Subproject setup
 ** JUnit 5 (+Spock)
 ** TestNG (and move testng.xml to default locations)
 ** JUnit 4 for legacy reasons
 * Introducing version catalogs for shared dependencies and a consistent declaration of module-specific dependencies.

 

In a second step, more tasks, like Javadoc-related tasks or publishing, could be done with conventions or build plugins, to make them easier to use and maintain.

The overall risk is breaking the build and breaking changes for Tapestry users if a dependency is no longer exposed.

However, choosing the right configuration so as not to accidentally export dependencies is more critical, and the error messages should clearly state why a build is no longer working.



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