Notable changes follow.
Gradle 3.4
- Compile Avoidance. We've introduced a new mechanism for up-to-date
checking of Java compilation that is sensitive to public API changes
only.
- A stable incremental Java compiler.
- brand new Java Library Plugin. Use this when building a component
intended to be used as a dependency from another project.
- The JaCoCo plugin now allows you to enforce code coverage metrics and
fail the build if they're not met.
- The default version of JaCoCo used by the JaCoCo plugin has been
raised and the plugin is now Java 9-ready.
- The Checkstyle plugin now allows a maximum number of warnings or
errors to be configured.
https://docs.gradle.org/3.4/release-notes.html
Gradle 3.3
- This release of Gradle makes the gradle tasks report much faster for
medium-to-large projects.
- It is now possible to compile native applications using Visual Studio
2015.
- Kotlin build script support has further improved with significantly
faster startup performance, increased API parity with Groovy-based
build scripts, and better interoperability with Groovy plugins.
- Scala compilation startup time in large multi-project builds has been
improved through enhancements to Gradle's integration with the Zinc
Scala compiler.
- Tooling API generates more progress events.
- The Gradle GUI has been deprecated and will be removed in Gradle 4.0.
https://docs.gradle.org/3.3/release-notes.html
Gradle 3.2.1
- GRADLE-3582: Gradle wrapper fails to escape arguments with nested
quotes
- GRADLE-3583: Newlines in environment variables used by the wrapper
breaks application plugin shell script
Gradle 3.2
- Incremental build support, which now has better up-to-date checking
for Java compilation, copying, and archiving.
- The buildDependents task is now available in native builds as well via
new assembleDependents and buildDependents tasks.
- Significantly improved import times.
- Improved support for multi-project builds with Kotlin.
- The shortcut syntax for declaring tasks (via <<) has now been
deprecated.
https://docs.gradle.org/3.2/release-notes.html
Gradle 3.1
- Composite Builds for multi-project builds where not all projects are
in the same directory hierarchy.
- Incremental Build support.
- Faster dependency resolution.
- Build cancellation has improved when using the Daemon.
https://docs.gradle.org/3.1/release-notes.html
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