The Gradle team is pleased to announce the availability of the first release candidate for Gradle 2.8.
This release delivers a number of performance improvements including faster incremental builds, faster source compilation when using continuous mode, and general performance improvements that apply to all builds. In particular, large builds with many source files should see dramatic improvements in incremental build speed.
We’ve also made improvements to the new Gradle TestKit to make it easier to inject plugins under test into test builds.
In addition to these features, Gradle continues to improve with a variety of small improvements and bug fixes. Please check the release notes for more information.
Downloads and wrapper usage instructions are available at http://gradle.org/release-candidate. Please try Gradle 2.8-rc-1 with your projects and report any problems.