Stop copying Graphviz/DOT executables (#243)

Author: labkey-adam

README.md

@@ -12,6 +12,16 @@ If you are making changes to the plugins, please see the [internal docs](https:/
 on how to do that, including how to develop and test locally and the versioning information.
 
 ## Release Notes
+### 8.2.0-SNAPSHOT
+*Released*: TBD
+(Earliest compatible LabKey version: 26.5.0)
+
+### 8.1.0
+*Released*: 22 April 2026
+(Earliest compatible LabKey version: 26.5.0)
+- [GitHub Issue 1070](https://github.com/LabKey/internal-issues/issues/1070) Stop copying Graphviz/DOT executables
+- Temporarily disable stricter published plugins validation that was added in Gradle 9.4.0
+
 ### 8.0.0
 *Released*: 3 April 2026
 (Earliest compatible LabKey version: 26.3.3)

build.gradle

@@ -43,7 +43,12 @@ dependencies {
 }
 
 group = 'org.labkey.build'
-project.version = "8.1.0-SNAPSHOT"
+project.version = "8.2.0-SNAPSHOT"
+
+// Stricter plugin validation was added in 9.4.0. Disable it for now. TODO: Address complaints and remove.
+tasks.validatePlugins {
+    enableStricterValidation = false
+}
 
 gradlePlugin {
     plugins {

src/main/groovy/org/labkey/gradle/plugin/Distribution.groovy

@@ -76,26 +76,11 @@ class Distribution implements Plugin<Project>
                     embedded
                 }
         project.configurations.embedded.setDescription("Artifacts for creating a LabKey distribution (aka installer) with Tomcat embedded in it")
-
-        if (project.configurations.findByName("utilities") == null)
-        {
-            project.configurations
-                    {
-                        utilities
-                    }
-            project.configurations.utilities.setDescription("Utility binaries for use on Windows platform")
-        }
     }
 
 
     private void addDependencies(Project project)
     {
-        // we package these Windows utilities with each distribution so any distribution can be used on any platform
-        if (project.hasProperty('windowsUtilsVersion'))
-            project.dependencies {
-                utilities "org.labkey.tools.windows:utils:${project.windowsUtilsVersion}@zip"
-            }
-
         BuildUtils.addLabKeyDependency(project: project, config: "embedded", depProjectPath: BuildUtils.getEmbeddedProjectPath(project.gradle), depVersion: project.labkeyVersion, depProjectConfig: "embedded", transitive: false)
         TaskUtils.configureTaskIfPresent(project, 'artifactoryDeploy', { dependsOn(project.tasks.distribution) })
         substituteModuleDependencies(project, "distribution")

src/main/groovy/org/labkey/gradle/task/ModuleDistribution.groovy

@@ -210,25 +210,6 @@ abstract class ModuleDistribution extends DefaultTask
         return "${getDistributionDir()}/${getArchiveName()}.${DistributionExtension.TAR_ARCHIVE_EXTENSION}"
     }
 
-    private File getWindowsUtilDir()
-    {
-        return project.rootProject.file("external/windows/core")
-    }
-
-    private void copyWindowsCoreUtilities()
-    {
-        File utilsDir = getWindowsUtilDir()
-        if (project.configurations.findByName("utilities") != null && !utilsDir.exists())
-        {
-            fs.copy({
-                CopySpec copy ->
-                    copy.from(project.configurations.utilities.collect { project.zipTree(it) })
-                    copy.into utilsDir
-                    copy.setDuplicatesStrategy(DuplicatesStrategy.INCLUDE)
-            })
-        }
-    }
-
     private makeEmbeddedTomcatJar()
     {
         File embeddedJarFile = project.configurations.embedded.singleFile
@@ -271,18 +252,11 @@ abstract class ModuleDistribution extends DefaultTask
         if (!serverJarFile.exists())
             makeEmbeddedTomcatJar()
 
-        copyWindowsCoreUtilities()
-        def utilsDir = getWindowsUtilDir()
-
         ant.tar(tarfile: getTarArchivePath(),
                 longfile: "gnu",
                 compression: "gzip") {
             tarfileset(dir: BuildUtils.getBuildDir(project), prefix: archiveName) { include(name: serverJarFile.getName()) }
 
-            if (!simpleDistribution) {
-                tarfileset(dir: utilsDir.path, prefix: "${archiveName}/bin")
-            }
-
             tarfileset(dir: "${BuildUtils.getBuildDirPath(project)}/embedded", prefix: archiveName)
         }
     }