Vladimir Sitnikov

@gavvvr , would you please rename the issue to something like `Use text scripts only for Gradle build bootstrap`? --- I am not sure which Windows version does Gradle target,...

Thanks for the valuable pointers. > No, you should assume a JDK present Well, there might always be a fallback to use "the current JDK", however, automatic provisioning would one...

> Also, where would you download one for e.g. MidnightBSD/sparc64? Linux/PA-RISC? etc. For instance: https://github.com/AdoptOpenJDK/openjdk11-binaries/releases/tag/jdk11u-2021-05-07-07-34 > Downloading one would go contrary to many IT security policies Well, if downloading Java...

> But why not just use the tools at hand for downloading? Here's a sample from Apache JMeter. You could grab source files from https://jmeter.apache.org/download_jmeter.cgi#source, and launch `./gradlew runGui`. It...

> hence the licence analysis for >everything shipped and the reluctance to place binaries in the repo I have never seen a case when build instructions provided the list of...

> if JDK is seen as a prerequisite @xzel23 , see https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/2508 for cases to execute Gradle without Java installed. I do not suggest that "making Gradle download Java" should...

> Git is for sources Unfortunately, that adds no value to the conversation. First you say that "git is for sources", and then you say "favicon.ico is fine". If you...

> insanely huge sources Gradle Inc graciously shares Gradle build system, so could we be friendly here? ;) Not only share the sources, but they do that in a meaningful...

>(In my requirements, committing the sources alongside the binary will do if it must be a binary.) @mirabilos , could you clarify what do you mean by "sources"? Do you...

> I believe that one *can* build from it I am afraid it is a false assumption :( That is why I see no real value behind publishing half-baked gradle-wrapper-sources.jar...