Version Bumps and Task Dependency Improvements

[fibsifan]

Task dependency optimizations

• The bootstrapPlatform task no longer depends on the downloadAndVerify tasks. Instead, the unpacking tasks depend on the downloadAndVerify tasks (if they're configured, as before).

Plugin Updates

• SAP Commerce Cloud version updated to 2211.38
• Gradle version updated to 8.14.2
• SAP Commerce Gradle Plugin versions updated to 4.1.0
• Download Plugin version not updated, because version 5.6.0 had issues with the SAP download portal (too many redirects)

[mpern]

Hi @fibsifan!

I hope you don't mind me piggy-backing on this PR to bump everything to Gradle 9.x + plugin 5.x + jdk21 versions.

Disclaimer: once I find the time for it.
I definitely won't be mad if you are faster 😉

[fibsifan]

@mpern Good Idea! - first step (updating the version numbers) was easy.

But now I'm stuck: the -b command line parameter for gradle is gone in gradle 9 - and it is used for bootstrapping. I think a different approach for bootstrapping is now needed.

I didn't have an idea immediately, but maybe you have?

[mpern]

Some initial ideas after 10min brainstorming with a rubber duck:

• Conditionally apply(from = "bootstrap.gradle.kts") in build.gradle. kts
  • chicken-and-egg problem, maybe: cannot apply Commerce plugin because no manifest.json exists yet?
• build - > build.template bootstrap - > build; add task to bootstrap to also generate the real/final build
  • can I overwrite the currently executing build.gradle.kts? 🤔

[fibsifan]

I like the first idea and already had and immediately tossed the second one 😅