[GROOVY-6226] Configure Gradle Eclipse plugin for groovy-core

• Type: Wish
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.2.0-beta-2
• Labels: contrib
• Assignee: Pascal Schumacher
• Reporter: Pascal Schumacher
• Created: 30/Jun/13 14:24
• Updated: 14/Oct/13 16:54
• Resolved: 19/Aug/13 14:54

Description

To make it easier for Eclipse users to contribute to Groovy it would be nice to get groovy(-core) to build from Eclipse again. Therefore the gradle eclipse plugin has to be configured similar to the idea plugin. (I do not know if it is possible.)

To quote Cédric:

As you know, some Groovy code is written itself in Groovy, so you have to build a bootstrap compiler first, then use it to compile Groovy files which will allow a complete compiler build. Then add the fact that most of the unit tests are written in Groovy and depend on GroovyTestCase, which in turn has some dependencies on groovy-test, for example, and you might have an idea why Eclipse finds cyclic dependencies (there are cyclic dependencies, but on on the same scope (compile/test)).

So, yes, the Eclipse build will need the same kind of "hacks" than the
idea build.

http://groovy.329449.n5.nabble.com/Groovy-repo-Gradle-Eclipse-IntelliJ-IDEA-td5715559.html

Maybe somebody with Eclipse know-how likes to volunteer?

Issue Links

• relates to: GROOVY-6227 Delete (not working) Eclipse files from groovy-core git repo