This is an idea to move out the `:apps` build from the `build.gradle`.
And to add an `INCLUDE_APPS` flag, that is now `false` by default to control
whether we actually want to build the `:apps` when running `gradle all` or if
we actually need to clean them when running `gradle clean`.
I see two advantages:
- IMO, the main `build.gradle` should focus on JavaFX and not so much on
anything else, like apps
- As of now, when I did run `gradle clean`, I always need to install `Ant`,
just because the apps are also cleaned which I did not even build before.
This is problematic, because:
- I think most of the people do not have `Ant`, it is very rarely used
nowadays
- It is also not preinstalled in pretty much every OS / distribution I tried.
And I usually only installed for `OpenJFX` and never need it for anything else.
If possible, it would be good if this is not needed if you just want to run
tests and build JavaFX
- For reference, when running CachyOS I could just build JavaFX out of the
box without ever installing anything. This is a very nice experience and
should help people to contribute. The only thing I did run into was, well,
`Ant` when running `gradle clean`
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Commit messages:
- 8090896: Allow skipping apps build
Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/2291/files
Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jfx&pr=2291&range=00
Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8090896
Stats: 293 lines in 2 files changed: 162 ins; 128 del; 3 mod
Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/2291.diff
Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jfx.git pull/2291/head:pull/2291
PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/2291
