[KAFKA-9720] Update gradle to 6.0+

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.6.0
• Component/s: build
• Assignee: Ismael Juma
• Reporter: David Arthur
• Created: 13/Mar/20 23:02
• Updated: 18/May/20 05:48
• Resolved: 18/May/20 05:48

Description

Gradle 6.x has been out for a few months and has a few bug fixes and performance improvements.

• https://docs.gradle.org/6.0/release-notes.html
• https://docs.gradle.org/6.1/release-notes.html
• https://docs.gradle.org/6.2/release-notes.html

We should consider update the build to the latest version.