Enabled explicit Gradle v8.9 for compatibility with the latest setup-…

…gradle GitHub action. Bumped build Gradle to v8.9 (#250)

.github/workflows/xvm-verify-push.yml

@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ on:
 env:
   # TODO: Default should be disabled; we only want to be bothered by tagging and publishing for the master branch.
   always_publish_snapshot: false
-  enable_gradle_home_cache_cleanup: true
 
   # Add manual tests as an included build to the composite build configuration, and also build them.
   ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_includeBuildManualTests: true
@@ -84,14 +83,14 @@ jobs:
           java-version: 21
 
       - name: Setup Gradle
-        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
         with:
-          gradle-home-cache-cleanup: ${{ env.enable_gradle_home_cache_cleanup }}
           cache-disabled: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
           cache-read-only: false
+          gradle-version: "8.9"
 
       - name: Validate Gradle Wrapper
-        uses: gradle/actions/wrapper-validation@v3
+        uses: gradle/actions/wrapper-validation@v4
 
       - name: Dump environment info
         shell: bash
@@ -153,12 +152,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     #if: ${{ (github.ref == 'refs/heads/master') }}
     steps:
-      - name: Maximize Build Space
-        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@main
-        with:
-          tool-cache: false
-          large-packages: false
-
       # Check out current repository
       - name: Fetch Sources
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -171,11 +164,11 @@ jobs:
           java-version: 21
 
       - name: Setup Gradle
-        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
         with:
-          gradle-home-cache-cleanup: ${{ env.enable_gradle_home_cache_cleanup }}
           cache-disabled: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
           cache-read-only: false
+          gradle-version: "8.9"
 
       - name: Dump environment info
         shell: bash

gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.8-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.9-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME

gradlew

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
 
 ##############################################################################
 #
@@ -84,7 +86,8 @@ done
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
 # Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && pwd -P ) || exit
+APP_HOME=$( cd -P "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && printf '%s
+' "$PWD" ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum

gradlew.bat

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 @rem See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 @rem limitations under the License.
 @rem
+@rem SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+@rem
 
 @if "%DEBUG%"=="" @echo off
 @rem ##########################################################################