[NUTCH-2934] Replace Apache Ant build system with Gradle

• Type: Task
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 1.18
• Component/s: build
• Assignee: Lewis John McGibbney
• Reporter: Lewis John McGibbney
• Created: 13/Jan/22 18:38
• Updated: 17/Feb/22 17:10

Description

My project proposal to USC's Senior Capstone Program was accepted. We are starting work on replacing Ant with Gradle on Tuesday 18th, January 2022. This ticket will act as a parent ticket for the entire project. More details will be flushed out in due course.

Issue Links

• supercedes: NUTCH-2293 Make the unit tests which requires "plugin.folders" as integration tests
• supercedes: NUTCH-2244 Publish Protocol-Interactiveselenium to central maven repo
• supercedes: NUTCH-2901 migrate to maven or gradle
• supercedes: NUTCH-2292 Mavenize the build for nutch-core and nutch-plugins
• supercedes: NUTCH-2638 Publish plugins in Maven

Sub-Tasks

• Create Initial Jenkinsfile for Nutch Gradle Build: Open
• Develop Gradle Core Build for Apache Nutch: Open
• Migrate plugins over to Gradle build system: Open
• Implement core dependencies in build.gradle.kts: Closed
• Create Gradle Javadoc task: In Progress