<extends targetClass="org.gradle.api.Project" mixinClass="org.gradle.api.plugins.BasePluginConvention"/>
        <extends targetClass="org.gradle.api.Project" id="base" extensionClass="org.gradle.api.plugins.BasePluginExtension"/>
        <extends targetClass="org.gradle.api.Project" mixinClass="org.gradle.api.plugins.JavaPluginConvention"/>

Instead, task dependencies should be declared directly on the `assemble` task.

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== Contributed extensions

The Base Plugin adds the link:{groovyDslPath}/org.gradle.api.plugins.BasePluginExtension.html[`base` extension] to the project.
This allows to configure the following properties inside a dedicated DSL block.

.Using the `base` extension
====

                "The BasePluginExtension.archivesBaseName property has been deprecated. " +
                    "This is scheduled to be removed in Gradle 9.0. " +
                    "Please use the archivesName property instead. " +

Method <org.gradle.api.plugins.BasePluginExtension.getArchivesBaseName()> does not have raw return type assignable to org.gradle.api.provider.Property in (BasePluginExtension.java:0)
Method <org.gradle.api.plugins.BasePluginExtension.getDistsDirName()> does not have raw return type assignable to org.gradle.api.provider.Property in (BasePluginExtension.java:0)

link:{groovyDslPath}/org.gradle.plugins.ear.Ear.html[Ear] tasks to the directory specified by
link:{groovyDslPath}/org.gradle.api.plugins.BasePluginExtension.html#org.gradle.api.plugins.BasePluginExtension:libsDirectory[BasePluginExtension#getLibsDirectory].
In Gradle 8.0, `java-base` handles this configuration.
No changes are required for projects that already apply the

The conventions are replaced by the `base { }` configuration block backed by link:{groovyDslPath}/org.gradle.api.plugins.BasePluginExtension.html[BasePluginExtension].
The old convention object defines the `distsDirName`, `libsDirName` and `archivesBaseName` properties with simple getter and setter methods.