Dear Gradle, Why So Stubborn?
Do I do something wrong?
Watching juniors try to set up a project and being greeted by cryptic stack traces like it's some kind of initiation ritual.
`Unsupported class file major version 61`
`invalid CEN header zip64 no access package`, ...
Java can compile code for older versions just fine.
It's literally designed for that.
Oh why, must Gradle behave like a bitter librarian who refuses to hand over a book unless I whisper the exact Dewey Decimal Code?
Every other Language will laugh again at java, seeing this.
Why is Gradle bound to a java version? And if Gradle knows it needs Java 11… why doesn't it just do this for me?
Like using `/usr/libexec/java_home -v 11` in background?
Is there a clean way to force Gradle into submission without adding another tool like SDKMAN or jabba or YunaBraska/gradle-java-fix or whatever the trendy painkiller of the week is?
I love pairing with this “Guy” (GLaDOS personality)