A bunch of changes - 0.8.9

[MausKaffee34767-2]

also upgrade gradle

[MausKaffee34767-2]

Any plans to merge this?

[Col-E]

Generally I intended to just make the next update a larger refactor given user feedback and feature requests, But yeah I can merge this since I've been putting that off. Sorry for the slow response 🙏

[MausKaffee34767-2]

I could just also refactor code/add new features if you told me what you are planning

[Col-E]

The launcher targets Java 8 for maximum compatibility. It lets you run it on an older version while letting you still run Recaf with a new version. I'm going to revert some of the dependency updates here.

[MausKaffee34767-2]

Builds and runs with:

openjdk version "1.8.0_492"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (Temurin)(build 1.8.0_492-b09)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (Temurin)(build 25.492-b09, mixed mode)

[MausKaffee34767-2]

I cant find any tests, even though junit is used

[Col-E]

There weren't any tests, but I just noticed the gradle build/sync failed with the version bump. Something to possibly address later.

[MausKaffee34767-2]

I'll look into it. Can you give me the exact error?

[MausKaffee34767-2]

Build seems to work fine for me. As for "sync" i cant find any task called "sync"

[Col-E]

As for "sync" i cant find any task called "sync"

Sync is in reference to when you open the project in IntelliJ and it reads the properties of the project.

[MausKaffee34767-2]

sync works fine for me with:

IntelliJ IDEA 2026.1.4
Build #IU-261.26222.65, built on July 2, 2026

Runtime version: 25.0.3+9-b329.124 amd64 (JCEF 137.0.17-261-b86)
VM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM by JetBrains s.r.o.

What version are you using?

[MausKaffee34767-2]

On java 8 compatibility: why does the recaf launcher have to support java 8 when the latest recaf dev build (github actions) requires java 21 (class version 65)

[Col-E]

From the prior post:

The launcher targets Java 8 for maximum compatibility. It lets you run it on an older version while letting you still run Recaf with a new version. I'm going to revert some of the dependency updates here.

Lots of people install Java on Windows with old versions and don't really update past it. Or, they'll install the new version without updating the PATH or .jar file extension association, so they run with an old version. The launcher will auto-detect installed versions of Java though and will pick an up-to-date one when it creates the Recaf process.

[MausKaffee34767-2]

I'll now dedicate some time to implementing various TODOs in the code.
Then I'll see if i can implement something which automatically downloads a compatible java version.