Javadoc -link broken due to missing package-list file

[archiecobbs]

When building the Javadoc for a pre-Java 11 project that want's to link to Guava's Javadoc, that linking fails.

E.g., in Maven:

1 warning
[WARNING] Javadoc Warnings
[WARNING] javadoc: warning - Error fetching URL: https://guava.dev/releases/30.0-jre/api/docs/

The cause is that there is no https://guava.dev/releases/30.0-jre/api/docs/package-list, because package-list has been renamed to element-list. This bug is described in more detail here: JDK-8211194.

Could you add a workaround similar to the one the Gradle project did?

[unnati914]

could i work on this if its available?

[eamonnmcmanus]

could i work on this if its available?

Yes, feel free. Thanks!

[cowwoc]

Hi. My build is failing on this issue.

@unnati914 Any progress?

Is anything preventing you from using JDK 12+ (where this issue is fixed) for the Javadoc task and the older JDK for everything else?