+1 to Norman's statement. However, I believe the PR is not ready to be merged at the moment.
On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 2:23 PM Norman Breau <nor...@normanbreau.com> wrote: > Yes, I had a misunderstanding from the Android documentation, I think > you can use any JDK version as long as it's at least version 8, because > in the gradle config, we declare that we want to compile for JDK 1.8 at > > https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/blob/a830145f36c8bba2ecdf7910f3699116d4c2f018/framework/build.gradle#L58-L61 > > I would +1 easing the restriction of the JDK version check so that it > allows JDK 8+ so users don't need to have multiple java environments > installed just to use Cordova. JDK8 end of life is also at the end of > this year. > > On 2020-06-08 5:04 a.m., julio cesar sanchez wrote: > > There is a PR to allow any jdk version, we mistakenly thought java 8 was > > required for android development, but looks like we were wrong. > > > > https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/928 > > > > > > El lunes, 8 de junio de 2020, Darryl Pogue <dar...@dpogue.ca> escribió: > > > >> On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 7:49 PM Chris Brody <chris.br...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>> Another thing is that many build systems are now using a Gradle > wrapper, > >>> while Cordova still needs the Gradle tool to be installed in its search > >>> path. This may be related to a nasty-looking issue here: > >>> https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/issues/845 > >> I seem to recall that we have to use the system-installed gradle to > >> generate our gradle wrapper, because the wrapper depends on a JAR file > >> and we're not allowed to distribute JAR files. > >> > >> Previous mailing list discussion regarding gradle wrapper distribution: > >> https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9fcaf3cd6b22e9cd6d09e17ff5956b > >> f661c3560be923f734dcc4450e%401403096149%40%3Cdev.cordova.apache.org%3E > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org > >> > >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org > > -- Tim Brust, Product Engineer tim.br...@sinnerschrader.com T +49 40 398855 315 SinnerSchrader Deutschland GmbH | SinnerSchrader Group Völckersstraße 38, 22765 Hamburg, Germany Amtsgericht Hamburg HRB-Nr. 63663 Geschäftsführer: Matthias Schrader (Sprecher), Jürgen Alker, Dr. Axel Averdung, Holger Blank, Thomas Dyckhoff, Dr. Lars Finke, Martin Gassner, Peggy Hutchinson Büros: Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt a. M., München, Prag https://www.sinnerschrader.com | NEXT AGENCY
