title: What's the successor of `org.gradle.util.VersionNumber`
body: <p>In gradle 7.3, I found the following source code:</p>
  <pre><code>package org.gradle.util;
  
  import com.google.common.base.Objects;
  import com.google.common.collect.Ordering;
  
  import javax.annotation.Nullable;
  
  /**
   * This class is only here to maintain binary compatibility with existing plugins.
   *
   * @deprecated Will be removed in Gradle 8.0.
   */
  @Deprecated
  public class VersionNumber implements Comparable&lt;VersionNumber&gt; {
  ...
  </code></pre>
  <p>So is this feature dropped or moved? What's the new way of using VersionNumber related functionality?</p>