[KAFKA-12770] Gradle build: allow the CheckStyle version to be specified via parameter

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Patch Available
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Component/s: build
• Assignee: Ismael Juma
• Reporter: Dejan Stojadinović
• Reviewer: Ismael Juma
• Created: 10/May/21 22:12
• Updated: 26/Feb/23 21:23

Description

   ^{Prologue: https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/10656#issuecomment-836074067}

Rationale: if we implement this CheckStyle team (romani and others) can add Kafka project to their regression suite: https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/10656#issuecomment-835809154

Related links:

• https://github.com/apache/kafka/blob/2.8.0/Jenkinsfile#L28
• https://github.com/apache/kafka#common-build-options
• https://docs.gradle.org/7.0.1/dsl/org.gradle.api.plugins.quality.CheckstyleExtension.html#org.gradle.api.plugins.quality.CheckstyleExtension:toolVersion
   

Issue Links

• is related to: KAFKA-12572 Add import ordering checkstyle rule and configure an automatic formatter
• relates to: KAFKA-12771 CheckStyle attempted upgrade (8.36.2 -->> 8.41.1) summons a pack of 'Indentation' errors
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #10698
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #10967