Could not find `org.spongepowered:plugin-meta:0.4.1`

[Domaman202]

build.gradle

buildscript {
    repositories {
        maven {
            name = 'forge'
            url = 'http://files.minecraftforge.net/maven'
            allowInsecureProtocol = true
        }
        maven {
            url = 'https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/'
            allowInsecureProtocol = true
        }
        maven {
            url = 'https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2'
            allowInsecureProtocol = true
        }
    }

    dependencies {
        classpath 'net.minecraftforge.gradle:ForgeGradle:2.3-SNAPSHOT'
    }
}

plugins {
    id 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow' version '8.1.1'
    id 'org.spongepowered.plugin' version '0.8.1'
    id 'net.minecrell.vanillagradle.server' version '2.2-4'
    id 'java'
}

compileJava.options.encoding = 'UTF-8'

group = 'com.griefdefender'

sponge {
    plugin {
        id = "griefdefender"
        meta {
            name = "GriefDefender"
            version = "$version"
            description = "Designed to defend servers from all forms of grief."
            url = "$url"
            authors = ["bloodmc"]
        }
    }
}

// Environment variables for the build set by the build server
ext.buildNumber = System.env.BUILD_NUMBER ?: '0'

defaultTasks 'clean', 'build'

sourceCompatibility = '1.8'
targetCompatibility = '1.8'

archivesBaseName = 'griefdefender'

project.ext.getGitHash = {
    def command = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("git rev-parse --short HEAD")
    def result = command.waitFor()
    return (result == 0) ? command.inputStream.text.trim() : "nogit"
}

repositories {
    mavenLocal()
    maven {
        name = 'sk89q'
        url = 'https://maven.sk89q.com/repo'
    }
    maven {
        name = 'bstats'
        url = 'https://repo.codemc.org/repository/maven-public'
    }
    maven {
        name = 'dynmap-repo'
        url = 'http://repo.mikeprimm.com'
    }
    maven {
        name = 'sponge'
        url = 'https://repo.spongepowered.org/maven/'
    }
    maven {
        name = 'nucleus'
        url = 'http://repo.drnaylor.co.uk/artifactory/list/minecraft'
    }
    maven {
        name = 'sonatype_releases'
        url = 'https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/releases'
    }
    maven {
        name = 'sonatype_snapshots'
        url = 'https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots'
    }
    maven {
        name = 'glare'
        url = 'https://repo.glaremasters.me/repository/bloodshot'
    }
    maven {
        name = 'aikar'
        url = 'https://repo.aikar.co/content/groups/aikar'
    }
    maven {
        name = 'worldedit'
        url = 'http://maven.sk89q.com/artifactory/repo'
    }
    maven {
        name = 'jitpack'
        url = 'https://jitpack.io'
    }
}

minecraft {
    version = project.minecraftVersion
    mappings = project.mcpMappings
}

sourceSets {
    api
}

dependencies {
    compileOnly(project(path: ":GriefDefenderAPI"))
    compileOnly fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    compile project (':common')
    compileOnly "com.griefdefender:adapter-sponge:$adapterSpongeVersion"
    compileOnly "com.griefdefender:reflect-helper:1.0"
    // Sponge
    //apiCompile "org.spongepowered:spongeapi:$apiVersion"

    compileOnly ("org.spongepowered:spongecommon:$commonVersion:dev") {
        exclude module: 'testplugins'
    }
    // Plugins
    compileOnly ("io.github.nucleuspowered:nucleus-api:1.14.1-S7.1"){
        exclude module: 'spongeapi'
    }
    //compile "com.github.randombyte-developer:PlaceholderAPI:4.5.1"
    //compile "com.github.bloodmc:mcclans-api:develop-SNAPSHOT"
    compileOnly "com.sk89q.worldedit:worldedit-core:6.1.4-SNAPSHOT"
    compileOnly "com.github.lucko:luckperms:v5.2"
    compileOnly "us.dynmap:dynmap-api:3.0-SNAPSHOT"

    // required for bootstrap
    compile "com.googlecode.json-simple:json-simple:1.1.1"
    compileOnly "aopalliance:aopalliance:1.0"
    compileOnly "co.aikar:acf-core:0.5.0-SNAPSHOT"
    compileOnly "co.aikar:acf-sponge:0.5.0-SNAPSHOT"
    compileOnly "co.aikar:locales:1.0-SNAPSHOT"
    compileOnly "co.aikar:minecraft-timings:1.0.4"
    compileOnly "co.aikar:Table:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT"
    compileOnly "com.flowpowered:flow-math:1.0.3"
    compileOnly "com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:caffeine:2.7.0"
    compileOnly "com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:4.7.2"
    compileOnly "com.squareup.okio:okio:2.6.0"
    compileOnly "commons-io:commons-io:2.6"
    compileOnly "it.unimi.dsi:fastutil:8.2.3"
    compileOnly "javax.inject:javax.inject:1"
    compileOnly "me.lucko:jar-relocator:1.3"
    compileOnly "net.jodah:expiringmap:0.5.9"
    compileOnly "org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.9"
    compileOnly "org.checkerframework:checker:2.8.2"
    compileOnly "org.jetbrains:annotations:17.0.0"
    compileOnly "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:1.3.72"
    compileOnly "org.ow2.asm:asm-debug-all:5.2"
    compileOnly "org.spongepowered:configurate-core:3.7.2"
    compileOnly "org.spongepowered:configurate-gson:3.7.2"
    compileOnly "org.spongepowered:configurate-hocon:3.7.2"
    compileOnly "org.spongepowered:configurate-yaml:3.7.2"
    compileOnly "net.kyori:event-api:3.0.0"
    compileOnly "net.kyori:event-method:3.0.0"
    compileOnly "net.kyori:event-method-asm:3.0.0"
    compileOnly "net.kyori:text-adapter-bukkit:3.0.3"
    compileOnly "net.kyori:text-adapter-bungeecord:3.0.3"
    compileOnly "net.kyori:text-adapter-spongeapi:3.0.3"
    compileOnly "net.kyori:text-api:3.0.2"
    compileOnly "net.kyori:text-serializer-gson:3.0.2"
    compileOnly "net.kyori:text-serializer-legacy:3.0.2"
    compileOnly "net.kyori:text-serializer-plain:3.0.2"
}

jar {
    manifest.attributes('FMLAT': 'griefdefender_at.cfg')
    manifest.attributes('Implementation-Title': 'GriefDefender')
    manifest.attributes('Implementation-Version': "$version")
    manifest.attributes('Git-Hash': project.ext.getGitHash())
    classifier = 'SNAPSHOT'
    baseName = 'griefdefender-sponge'
}

if (JavaVersion.current().isJava8Compatible()) {
    tasks.withType(Javadoc) {
        options.addStringOption('Xdoclint:none', '-quiet')
    }
}

task javadocJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: javadoc) {
    classifier = 'javadoc'
    from javadoc.destinationDir
}

artifacts {
    archives shadowJar
}

shadowJar {
    mainSpec.sourcePaths.clear()
    dependsOn reobfJar

    classifier = ''

    dependencies {
        include dependency(':common')
        //include dependency("com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.9.1")
        //include dependency("com.squareup.okio:okio:1.13.0")
        //include dependency("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:1.3.31")
        include dependency("com.googlecode.json-simple:json-simple:1.1.1")
    }

    relocate("aopalliance", "com.griefdefender.lib.aopalliance")
    relocate("com.github.benmanes.caffeine", "com.griefdefender.lib.caffeine")
    relocate("it.unimi.dsi", "com.griefdefender.lib.fastutil")
    relocate("net.jodah", "com.griefdefender.lib.jodah")
    relocate("okhttp3", "com.griefdefender.lib.okhttp3")
    relocate("okio", "com.griefdefender.lib.okio")
    relocate("kotlin", "com.griefdefender.lib.kotlin")
    relocate("org.apache.commons.io", "com.griefdefender.lib.commonsio")
    relocate("org.apache.commons.lang3", "com.griefdefender.lib.commonslang3")
    relocate("org.checkerframework", "com.griefdefender.lib.checkerframework")

    exclude "dummyThing"
    afterEvaluate {
        from zipTree(reobfJar.jar)
    }
}

log

A problem occurred configuring project ':sponge'.
> Could not resolve all artifacts for configuration ':sponge:classpath'.
   > Could not find org.spongepowered:plugin-meta:0.4.1.
     Searched in the following locations:
       - http://files.minecraftforge.net/maven/org/spongepowered/plugin-meta/0.4.1/plugin-meta-0.4.1.pom
       - https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/org/spongepowered/plugin-meta/0.4.1/plugin-meta-0.4.1.pom
       - https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/spongepowered/plugin-meta/0.4.1/plugin-meta-0.4.1.pom
     Required by:
         project :sponge > org.spongepowered.plugin:org.spongepowered.plugin.gradle.plugin:0.8.1 > gradle.plugin.org.spongepowered:spongegradle:0.8.1

Possible solution:
 - Declare repository providing the artifact, see the documentation at https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/declaring_repositories.html

[zml2008]

1.12 is no longer supported

[gabizou]

A simple answer is you're not adding the sponge repository to the buildscript repositories section. But other than that, we won't be able to provide much support for an old version of tooling.