Build failure with Gradle 2.13

[ben-muldrow]

Java Version: 1.8.0_73
Gradle Version: 2.13
OS: OS X 10.11.5 (El Capitan)
Topsoil Version: v1.0.0-alpha.10-2-g2c343e6

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The build recently started failing with Gradle 2.13 caused by an exception with a Javascript library defined in the core/build.gradle as com.eriwen.gradle.js.

The gradle build failure report is as follows:

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* Where:
Build file '/Users/benjaminmuldrow/Documents/CIRDLES/Topsoil/core/build.gradle' line: 8

* What went wrong:
A problem occurred evaluating project ':core'.
> Could not create an instance of type com.eriwen.gradle.js.source.internal.DefaultJavaScriptSourceSet_Decorated.

I will be monitoring this problem further and looking for a fix or work-around.

[ben-muldrow]

@buncesam @bowring

[buncesam]

I am getting the same issue with Gradle version 2.14

[ben-muldrow]

It looks like the eriwen/gradle-js-plugin version used in the core/build.gradle was incompatible with gradle versions 2.1 and above. by updating the version, the build and run tasks pass with no exception. I will make a relevant pull request updating the build file.

[johnzeringue]

I'll let y'all figure this out on your own, but I thought I'd chime in.

Basically, you shouldn't use your local Gradle install to build Topsoil, you should use the wrapper instead (via gradlew, ./gradlew, ./gradlew.bat, etc.). This keeps everyone on the same Gradle version, preventing updates to Gradle from becoming distractions.

That's not to say that the build script failing with the latest Gradle isn't technical debt—it is. But you should think of this as less of a "bug" and more of an "enhancement" to tackle when you have the time to get the build script working with a newer version of Gradle and update the wrapper with gradle wrapper.