Drop dead Jenkins/Appveyor/SourceForge autobuild infrastructure

AGENTS.md

@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ Always use the wrapper (`./gradlew`). Java 25 (Temurin) is required; Gradle will
 | `./gradlew sfinttest rsrdinttest srdinttest msrdinttest` | Per-game-mode integration test variants                                                      |
 | `./gradlew testCoverage`                                 | Jacoco coverage report (build/reports/jacoco/testCoverage/html)                              |
 | `./gradlew allReports`                                   | Checkstyle + PMD + SpotBugs reports                                                          |
-| `./gradlew buildDist`                                    | Assemble distribution zips (data/docs/program/libs + runtime)                                |
 | `./gradlew qbuild`                                       | Quick dev binary to output/                                                                  |
 | `./gradlew run`                                          | Run the app (JavaFX modules configured automatically)                                        |
 | `./gradlew fullJpackage`                                 | Create native app image/installer via jpackage                                               |
@@ -128,7 +127,6 @@ Conventions/gotchas observed:
 - Release tasks:
   - `prepareRelease` (build; version handling via `releaseUtils.groovy`)
   - `pcgenRelease` (prepareRelease + assembleArtifacts + checksum)
-  - `pcgenReleaseOfficial` (pcgenRelease + updateVersionRelease)
   - `updateVersionToNext` (Groovy helper in `releaseUtils.groovy` that bumps the trailing numeric segment by 1, zero-padded to two digits, and appends `-SNAPSHOT`; used by the manual release workflow's post-build bump step).
 - Artifacts collected into build/release; jpackage produces platform installers under build/jpackage.
 - Release CI builds on: ubuntu-latest (x64), ubuntu-24.04-arm, macos-latest, windows-latest.

build.gradle

@@ -66,9 +66,8 @@ ext {
     // Full JavaFX patch version (e.g. 25.0.3). Major must match javaVersion above.
     javafxVersion = providers.gradleProperty('javafxVersion').get()
 
-    // Project version with -SNAPSHOT stripped. Shared between jpackage's
-    // appVersion (further sanitised below) and release.gradle's release-notes
-    // path so the two can't drift.
+    // Project version with -SNAPSHOT stripped, used to derive jpackage's
+    // appVersion (further sanitised below).
     plainVerNum = version.replaceAll('-SNAPSHOT', '')
 }
 
@@ -507,10 +506,10 @@ tasks.register("copyToLibs", Copy) {
     from configurations.runtimeClasspath
 }
 
-// distZip/distTar are unused: CI publishes the custom buildDist zips
-// (see code/gradle/distribution.gradle) and the jpackage native installers,
-// not the built-in distribution-plugin archives. Disable them so they don't
-// materialize ~150 runtime JARs into build/distributions/ on every build.
+// distZip/distTar would materialize ~150 runtime JARs into
+// build/distributions/ on every build. CI publishes jpackage native
+// installers and the portable zip instead, not the application
+// plugin's archives, so disable them.
 tasks.named("distZip") { enabled = false }
 tasks.named("distTar") { enabled = false }
 // jlink's prepareMergedJarsDir reads from build/libs, which copyToLibs populates.
@@ -854,7 +853,6 @@ tasks.named("wrapper") {
 
 // Bring in the rest of the gradle build config
 apply from: 'code/gradle/distribution.gradle'
-apply from: 'code/gradle/autobuild.gradle'    // depends on distribution.gradle
 apply from: 'code/gradle/reporting.gradle'
 apply from: 'code/gradle/release.gradle'
 apply from: 'code/gradle/plugins.gradle'

code/gradle/distribution.gradle

@@ -1,27 +1,15 @@
 import java.time.LocalDateTime
 
 /*
- * PCGen distributable generation tasks. This file specifies the
- * archives included in the PCGen autobuild and PCGen releases. It
- * is called from the main build.gradle file.
+ * PCGen distributable generation tasks. Contributes copy specs that
+ * the application plugin's installDist consumes; jpackage then turns
+ * the install image into native installers (see release.gradle).
  *
- * Usage: ./gradlew builddist
+ * Called from the main build.gradle file.
  */
 ext {
-    zipRootFolder = "pcgen"
-
     buildTimestamp = LocalDateTime.now(Clock.systemUTC())
 
-    autobuildSpec = copySpec{}
-
-    if (System.env.BUILD_NUMBER) {
-        autobuildSpec = copySpec {
-            from('code/gradle/autobuild.template')
-            rename('.+','autobuild.properties')
-            expand(buildnumber: System.env.BUILD_NUMBER, version: version, timestamp: buildTimestamp)
-        }
-    }
-
     dataDistsImage = copySpec {
         from('.') {
             include 'data/**'
@@ -51,13 +39,6 @@ ext {
         }
     }
 
-    libsDistsImage = copySpec {
-        from(layout.buildDirectory.dir("libs")) {
-            into 'libs'
-            exclude 'pcgen-*.jar'
-        }
-    }
-
     charactersImage = copySpec {
         from('.') {
             include 'characters/*.pcg'
@@ -72,7 +53,6 @@ application {
 
     applicationDistribution.with(dataDistsImage)
     applicationDistribution.with(docsDistsImage)
-    applicationDistribution.with(autobuildSpec)
     applicationDistribution.with(charactersImage)
     applicationDistribution.with(programScriptImage)
 }
@@ -107,43 +87,3 @@ tasks.named("installDist") {
         }
     }
 }
-
-tasks.register("dataZip", Zip) {
-    dependsOn copyMasterSheets
-    archiveClassifier.set('data')
-    into(zipRootFolder) {
-        with dataDistsImage
-        with autobuildSpec
-    }
-}
-
-tasks.register("docsZip", Zip) {
-    archiveClassifier.set('docs')
-    into(zipRootFolder) {
-        with docsDistsImage
-        with autobuildSpec
-    }
-}
-
-tasks.register("programZip", Zip) {
-    dependsOn converterJar
-    archiveClassifier.set('program')
-    into(zipRootFolder) {
-        with programScriptImage
-        with autobuildSpec
-    }
-}
-
-tasks.register("libsZip", Zip) {
-    dependsOn copyToLibs
-    archiveClassifier.set('libs')
-    into(zipRootFolder) {
-        with libsDistsImage
-        with autobuildSpec
-    }
-}
-
-tasks.register("buildDist") {
-    dependsOn dataZip, docsZip, programZip, libsZip, jlinkZip
-    description = "Build the five zip files (docs, data, program, libs and full) which comprise the autobuild distribution."
-}

code/gradle/release.gradle

@@ -7,28 +7,20 @@
  *
  * Release script
  * 1. gradle prepareRelease slowtest
- *   a.	Update version - remove snapshot
- *   b.	Commit new version
- *   c.	Clean, Build and check
+ *   a. Update version - remove snapshot
+ *   b. Commit new version
+ *   c. Clean, Build and check
  *   d. Run slow tests
  * 2. Manual testing using product of  gradle fullZip
  * 3. gradle pcgenRelease
- *   a.	Build
- *   b.	Assemble distributables
- *   c.	Update version - increment version and add snapshot
- *   d.	Commit new version
+ *   a. Build
+ *   b. Assemble distributables
+ *   c. Update version - increment version and add snapshot
+ *   d. Commit new version
  */
 
 apply from: "code/gradle/releaseUtils.groovy"
 
-ext {
-    // Work out the path to the release notes for our current version.
-    // plainVerNum is defined in the root build.gradle so jpackage's appVersion
-    // and the release-notes filename derive from the same base.
-    shortVerNum = plainVerNum.replaceAll(/\./, '')
-    releaseNotes = "${projectDir}/installers/release-notes/pcgen-release-notes-${shortVerNum}.html"
-}
-
 tasks.register("sourcesJar", Jar) {
     dependsOn classes, copyToOutput, startScripts
     duplicatesStrategy = DuplicatesStrategy.INCLUDE
@@ -67,18 +59,6 @@ tasks.register("pcgenRelease") {
     // Installer is placed in outputDir
 }
 
-// Update the PCGen version to indicate a release. Commit the change manually.
-tasks.register("updateVersionRelease") {
-    doLast {
-        unSnapshotVersion()
-    }
-}
-
-tasks.register("pcgenReleaseOfficial") {
-    dependsOn pcgenRelease, updateVersionRelease
-    description = "Release a new official version of PCGen."
-}
-
 // Update the PCGen version for development of the next release. Commit the change manually.
 tasks.register("updateVersionToNext") {
     doLast {

code/gradle/releaseUtils.groovy

@@ -1,21 +1,5 @@
 import java.util.regex.Matcher
 
-void unSnapshotVersion() {
-	def version = project.version.toString()
-	def origVersion = version
-
-	if (version.contains('-SNAPSHOT')) {
-		project.ext.set('usesSnapshot', true)
-		project.ext.set('snapshotVersion', version)
-		version -= '-SNAPSHOT'
-		updateVersionProperty(version)
-	} else {
-		project.ext.set('usesSnapshot', false)
-	}
-	println "Updated version from ${origVersion} to ${version}"
-}
-
-
 void updateVersion() {
 	def version = project.version.toString()
 	String pattern = /(\d+)([^\d]*$)/