docs(gradle): Document matching of Java language versions

sschuberth · sschuberth · commit de05fd54e1bc · 2025-03-13T11:14:26.000+01:00
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Schuberth &lt;sebastian@doubleopen.org&gt;
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/ort-kotlin-conventions.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/ort-kotlin-conventions.gradle.kts
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ detekt {
 
 java {
     toolchain {
+        // Note that Gradle currently matches the Java language version exactly and does not consider (backward)
+        // compatibility between versions, see https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/16256.
         languageVersion = JavaLanguageVersion.of(javaLanguageVersion)
     }
 }

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`@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ detekt {`
`105`	`105`
`106`	`106`	`java {`
`107`	`107`	`toolchain {`
	`108`	`+ // Note that Gradle currently matches the Java language version exactly and does not consider (backward)`
	`109`	`+ // compatibility between versions, see https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/16256.`
`108`	`110`	`languageVersion = JavaLanguageVersion.of(javaLanguageVersion)`
`109`	`111`	`}`
`110`	`112`	`}`