Raise minimum supported version of Gradle to 4.10 and encourage use of 5.x

Closes gh-16681

Author: wilkinsona

spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/build-tool-plugins.adoc

@@ -169,7 +169,8 @@ Advanced configuration options and examples are available in the
 == Spring Boot Gradle Plugin
 The Spring Boot Gradle Plugin provides Spring Boot support in Gradle, letting you package
 executable jar or war archives, run Spring Boot applications, and use the dependency
-management provided by `spring-boot-dependencies`. It requires Gradle 4.4 or later. Please
+management provided by `spring-boot-dependencies`. It requires Gradle 5.x (4.10 is also
+supported but this support is deprecated and will be removed in a future release). Please
 refer to the plugin's documentation to learn more:
 
 * Reference ({spring-boot-gradle-plugin}/reference/html[HTML] and

spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/getting-started.adoc

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Explicit build support is provided for the following build tools:
 |3.3+
 
 |Gradle
-|4.4+
+|5.x (4.10 is also supported but in a deprecated form)
 |===
 
 
@@ -201,8 +201,9 @@ scope.
 
 [[getting-started-gradle-installation]]
 ==== Gradle Installation
-Spring Boot is compatible with Gradle 4.4 and later. If you do not already have Gradle
-installed, you can follow the instructions at https://gradle.org.
+Spring Boot is compatible with 5.x. 4.10 is also supported but this support is deprecated
+and will be removed in a future release. If you do not already have Gradle installed, you
+can follow the instructions at https://gradle.org.
 
 Spring Boot dependencies can be declared by using the `org.springframework.boot` `group`.
 Typically, your project declares dependencies to one or more

spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.10.3-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.4.1-bin.zip

spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -19,18 +19,10 @@ include::../gradle/getting-started/apply-plugin-release.gradle.kts[]
 ----
 endif::[]
 ifeval::["{version-type}" == "MILESTONE"]
-The plugin is published to the Spring milestones repository. For Gradle versions less
-than 4.10, this means that you must apply the plugin imperatively:
-
-[source,groovy,indent=0,subs="verbatim,attributes"]
-----
-include::../gradle/getting-started/apply-plugin-milestone.gradle[]
-----
-
-For Gradle 4.10 and above, Gradle can be configured to use the milestones repository
-and it can be applied using the `plugins` block. To configure Gradle to use the milestones
-repository, add the following to your `settings.gradle` (Groovy) or `settings.gradle.kts`
-(Kotlin):
+The plugin is published to the Spring milestones repository. Gradle can be configured to
+use the milestones repository and the plugin can then be applied using the `plugins`
+block. To configure Gradle to use the milestones repository, add the following to your
+`settings.gradle` (Groovy) or `settings.gradle.kts` (Kotlin):
 
 [source,groovy,indent=0,subs="verbatim,attributes",role="primary"]
 .Groovy
@@ -59,18 +51,10 @@ include::../gradle/getting-started/apply-plugin-release.gradle.kts[]
 ----
 endif::[]
 ifeval::["{version-type}" == "SNAPSHOT"]
-The plugin is published to the Spring snapshots repository. For Gradle versions less
-than 4.10, this means that you must apply the plugin imperatively:
-
-[source,groovy,indent=0,subs="verbatim,attributes"]
-----
-include::../gradle/getting-started/apply-plugin-milestone.gradle[]
-----
-
-For Gradle 4.10 and above, Gradle can be configured to use the snapshots repository
-and it can be applied using the `plugins` block. To configure Gradle to use the snapshots
-repository, add the following to your `settings.gradle` (Groovy) or `settings.gradle.kts`
-(Kotlin):
+The plugin is published to the Spring snapshots repository. Gradle can be configured to
+use the snapshots repository and the plugin can then be applied using the `plugins`
+block. To configure Gradle to use the snapshots repository, add the following to your
+`settings.gradle` (Groovy) or `settings.gradle.kts` (Kotlin):
 
 [source,groovy,indent=0,subs="verbatim,attributes",role="primary"]
 .Groovy

spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/asciidoc/getting-started.adoc

@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ Andy Wilkinson
 The Spring Boot Gradle Plugin provides Spring Boot support in https://gradle.org[Gradle],
 allowing you to package executable jar or war archives, run Spring Boot applications, and
 use the dependency management provided by `spring-boot-dependencies`. Spring Boot's
-Gradle plugin requires Gradle 4.4 or later. If you choose to use the newer Kotlin DSL,
-it requires Gradle 4.10 or later.
+Gradle plugin requires Gradle 5.x (4.10 is also supported but this support is deprecated
+and will be removed in a future release).
 
 In addition to this user guide, {api-documentation}[API documentation] is also available.
 

spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/asciidoc/index.adoc

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2018 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2019 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ public WorkResult execute(CopyActionProcessingStream stream) {
 		return () -> true;
 	}
 
-	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	private Spec<FileTreeElement> createExclusionSpec(
 			Spec<FileTreeElement> loaderEntries) {
 		return Specs.union(loaderEntries, this.exclusions);

spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/gradle/getting-started/apply-plugin-milestone.gradle

@@ -38,9 +38,8 @@
  */
 public final class GradleCompatibilitySuite extends Suite {
 
-	private static final List<String> GRADLE_VERSIONS = Arrays.asList("default", "4.5.1",
-			"4.6", "4.7", "4.8.1", "4.9", "4.10.3", "5.0", "5.1.1", "5.2.1", "5.3.1",
-			"5.4.1");
+	private static final List<String> GRADLE_VERSIONS = Arrays.asList("default", "5.0",
+			"5.1.1", "5.2.1", "5.3.1", "5.4.1");
 
 	public GradleCompatibilitySuite(Class<?> clazz) throws InitializationError {
 		super(clazz, createRunners(clazz));