[speed_spread]

That will not happen for backward compatibility reasons but a new build tool with a modern CLI would be nice. One that's declarative like Maven (without the XML) and doesn't require an upgrade for every new JDK version like Gradle (screw Gradle).

[vips7L]

Maven 4 provides alternative build file syntax with extensions: https://github.com/maveniverse/mason

[speed_spread]

Is this better than the previous polyglot extension?