[OFBIZ-10145] Remove the Gradle wrapper from our release packages and add a step to our build notes

• Type: Task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 16.11.06, 17.12.01, 18.12.01
• Fix Version/s: 16.11.06, 17.12.01, 18.12.01
• Component/s: Gradle
• Sprint: OFBiz Community Day (May 2019)
• Assignee: Nicolas Malin
• Reporter: Jacques Le Roux
• Created: 04/Jan/18 16:38
• Updated: 11/Jan/22 09:36
• Resolved: 30/Aug/19 07:19

Description

Following the discussion at http://markmail.org/message/nd7grfiyobjkfwae, considering LEGAL-288 and based on a lazy consensus on dev ML, we want to remove the gradle-wrapper.jar file from the next packaged releases and use jacopoc's related proposition to document how to have Gradle working in the main README.md file.

1. Extract the archive file to your local directory.
2. Download gradle-wrapper.jar and place it in the OFBiz-root-dir/gradle/wrapper folder.

I'm not sure if we should recommend a link to download the gradle-wrapper.jar. This might change in the future (versions, etc.), so indeed maybe simply asking to download is enough, cf https://www.google.com/search?q=gradle-wrapper.jar+download&ie=UTF-8

Also we need to add a point about removing gradle-wrapper.jar in https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Release+Management+Guide+for+OFBiz

Issue Links

• relates to: CALCITE-4575 Remove Gradle wrapper from source distribution