gradle 2.8 play plugin 2.4 use obsolete Main class play.core.server.NettyServer in playBinary script.
trace it down to:
_https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/master/subprojects/platform-play/src/main/java/org/gradle/play/plugins/PlayDistributionPlugin.java
line 128: createStartScripts.setMainClassName(“play.core.server.NettyServer”);
should update to:
createStartScripts.setMainClassName(play.core.server.ProdServerStart);
-Chris