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Posted to commits@lucene.apache.org by ja...@apache.org on 2017/02/13 12:55:04 UTC
svn commit: r1782762 - /lucene/cms/trunk/content/pylucene/install.mdtext
Author: janhoy
Date: Mon Feb 13 12:55:03 2017
New Revision: 1782762
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1782762&view=rev
Log:
Mention mac bug, upgrade versions
Modified:
lucene/cms/trunk/content/pylucene/install.mdtext
Modified: lucene/cms/trunk/content/pylucene/install.mdtext
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/cms/trunk/content/pylucene/install.mdtext?rev=1782762&r1=1782761&r2=1782762&view=diff
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--- lucene/cms/trunk/content/pylucene/install.mdtext (original)
+++ lucene/cms/trunk/content/pylucene/install.mdtext Mon Feb 13 12:55:03 2017
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
##Building PyLucene
PyLucene is completely code-generated by JCC whose sources are
@@ -12,13 +11,14 @@ and <a href="http://ant.apache.org">Ant<
resulting PyLucene binaries requires only a Java Runtime Environment
(JRE).
-<b>Attention:</b> Starting with release 4.8.0, Lucene requires Java 1.7 at
-the minimum; Java 1.6 is no longer supported.
+<b>Attention:</b> Starting with release 6.x, Lucene requires Java 1.8.
+If you build release 4.8.x, the minimum requirement is Java 1.7.
-On Mac OS X, Java 6 is still a common default, please upgrade if you haven't
-done so already. A common upgrade is <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/webnotes/install/mac/mac-jdk.html">Oracle Java 1.7 for Mac OS X</a>.
+On macOS, you will need to install Oracle Java 8, and due to a
+[bug](https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-7131356) in the JDK for macOS, you will **also** need
+to install Apple's Java 1.6.
-On Mac OS X, once installed, a way to make Java 1.7 the default in your bash
+On macOS, once installed, a way to make Java 1.8 the default in your bash
shell is:<br/>
<code> $ export JAVA_HOME=\`/usr/libexec/java_home\`</code>
Be sure to verify that JAVA_HOME value.