+1 Thanks Gabriele and Yeser
Regards, Deepak Joseph On Thu, Feb 5, 2026 at 9:47 PM Alex Porcelli <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 and thank you Yeser for the detailed information and Gabriele for the > execution. > > > On Thu, Feb 05, 2026 at 9:50 AM, Pere Fernandez <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > +1 > > thank you all the involved for the hard work! > > > > On Thu, 5 Feb 2026 at 15:27, Francisco Javier Tirado Sarti < ftirados@ > > redhat.com> wrote: > > > > +1 > > Thanks for the detailed explanation. > > > > On Wed, Feb 4, 2026 at 9:22 PM Yeser Amer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > Over the last years, we have been working on adding Gradle support for > > building Kogito projects, both for Spring Boot‑based and Quarkus‑based > > applications. This feature has been requested several times by the Apache > > KIE community, for example: > > > > - > > > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-kogito-runtimes/issues/3565 > > - > > > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-drools/issues/6478 > > > > We are happy to share that the implementation is now complete and ready > > > > for > > > > review and eventual merging into the Apache KIE codebase > > > > - > > > > *kogito-drools* > > - > > > > Minor change to better detect the used building system (Maven / Gradle) > > - > > > > [incubator-kie-issues#1918] Fix building tool discovery by > > > > gitgabrio > > > > · Pull Request #6580 · apache/incubator-kie-drools > > <https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-drools/pull/6580> > > - > > > > *kogito-runtimes* > > - > > > > New `kogito-gradle-plugin` and its integration test module added > > - > > > > [incubator-kie-issues#1918] Implement GRADLE plugin by gitgabrio · Pull > > Request #4180 · apache/incubator-kie-kogito-runtimes > > <https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-kogito-runtimes/pull/4180 > > > > - > > > > *kogito-examples* > > - > > > > A new top-level directory (`gradle-examples`) containing one Spring Boot > > example and one Quarkus example > > - > > > > [incubator-kie-issues#1839] Implement GRADLE examples by gitgabrio > > > > · > > > > Pull Request #2163 · apache/incubator-kie-kogito-examples > > <https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-kogito-examples/pull/2163 > > > > To achieve this, some preliminary refactoring was required to support two > > (and potentially more) build systems. Most of the logic previously > > contained in the `kogito-maven-plugin` has been moved into a new shared > > module, `kogito-codegen-manager*`*, which can now be reused by different > > plugins. Relevant issues include: > > > > - > > > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-issues/issues/1068 > > - > > > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-issues/issues/1910 > > - > > > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-issues/issues/1068 > > - > > > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-issues/issues/2193 > > > > The strategies used to enable Gradle support follow the same approach > > already used with Maven: > > > > - > > > > *Quarkus-based Kogito projects:* The `quarkus-gradle-plugin` will be used > > to build the project, mirroring the strategy already adopted with the > > `quarkus-maven-plugin`. > > - > > > > *Spring Boot-based Kogito projects:* A new `kogito-gradle-plugin` will be > > introduced. Its main purpose is to manage the code generation phase in > > the same way as the existing `kogito-maven-plugin`. Both plugins rely > > > > on > > > > the common logic provided by the `kogito-codegen-manager` module. > > > > There are no breaking changes introduced with Gradle support. No changes > > are required in the CI environment or on developers’ local machines. All > > newly introduced Gradle‑based modules will continue to be managed by > > > > Maven, > > > > which will invoke them through the `exec-maven-plugin` and the `gradlew` > > wrapper. This means that Gradle does *not* need to be installed on either > > the CI infrastructure or local development machines. > > > > The work is currently tracked in the following tickets: > > > > - > > > > kie-issues#1918: Create a Gradle plugin to be a wrapper of the codegen > > library [1] > > - > > > > kie-issues#1839: Create gradle-based kogito-examples [2] > > > > The implementation part will be managed in 2 different phases: > > > > Phase 1: A PR for `kie-issues#1918` `Create a Gradle plugin to be a > > > > wrapper > > > > of the codegen library` will be created. This will introduce the new > > `kogito-gradle-plugin` > > Phase 2: A PR for `kie-issues#1839`: `Create gradle-based > > > > kogito-examples`. > > > > Phase 2 will be executed *after* the Quarkus update to 3.27.2 currently > > > > in > > > > progress [3], in order to base our testing phase to target the upcoming > > Quarkus version. > > > > Kudos to Gabriele Cardosi, who led this effort as the main author. > > > > Thank you, > > > > Yeser Amer > > > > [1] https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-issues/issues/1918 > > > > [2] https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-issues/issues/1839 > > [3] https://lists.apache.org/thread/9rjfbp8kv0v6b24dg2dtpmcq7qd254ms > > > > >
