Sterling Greene

Object files/libraries produced by Gradle contain absolute paths

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The object files created via gcc contain an absolute path to the source file. I suspect this is due to the way we call the compiler. This can kill cacheability...

Spike saving time unpacking cache entries

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I was looking to save time in this failing performance test due to changes we made in the Java plugin: https://builds.gradle.org/repository/download/Gradle_Master_Check_PerformanceTestTestLinux_Trigger/47375550:id/performance-test-results.zip%21/report/tests/clean-assemble-with-local-cache---largeJavaMultiProject---TaskOutputCachingJavaPerformanceTest.html?redirectSupported=false This reports about ~100ms regression, which we think is...

Add assertion for holding project lock when visiting configurations

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### Context ### Contributor Checklist - [ ] [Review Contribution Guidelines](https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md). - [ ] Make sure that all commits are [signed off](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-commit#Documentation/git-commit.txt---signoff) to indicate that you agree to the terms...

What is a package?

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I'm sorry if this has been discussed somewhere else. I looked through the PURL spec and the answer isn't explicitly stated. #242 has similar vibes. What is a package? ##...

The top-level dependencies block is a very opaque and non-discoverable API. With test suites, we introduced a new dependencies block that addresses the shortcomings of the top-level block: 1. The...

Dependent on #54 Gradle will provide support for testing projects built for the JVM on multiple JDKs in a simple and declarative manner.

Promote [JVM test suites](https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/jvm_test_suite_plugin.html#header) as the preferred and stable option for configuring tests with Java, Groovy and Scala projects. We will... - Make `gradle init` generate builds using test suites...

Platforms built without a separate `libtinfo.so` fail to detect terminal

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`native-platform` links against `libtinfo.so`, but the symbols for this library can also be found in `libncurses` for some platforms (those built without `--with-termlib`). This causes Gradle to fail to detect...