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Posted to commits@lucene.apache.org by dw...@apache.org on 2021/05/24 08:00:07 UTC
[lucene] branch main updated: Add a small clarification about the
required Java version for gradle.
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new f7fbb9e Add a small clarification about the required Java version for gradle.
f7fbb9e is described below
commit f7fbb9eda5a75295f022d0b31227a8f5227ea83a
Author: Dawid Weiss <da...@carrotsearch.com>
AuthorDate: Mon May 24 09:59:54 2021 +0200
Add a small clarification about the required Java version for gradle.
---
README.md | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index de8deb7..11c0a32 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ comprehensive documentation, visit:
### Basic steps:
- 0. Install OpenJDK 11 (or greater)
+ 0. Install OpenJDK 11 (or greater up until version 15)
1. Download Lucene from Apache and unpack it (or clone the git repository).
2. Run gradle launcher script (`gradlew`).
@@ -44,9 +44,11 @@ comprehensive documentation, visit:
We'll assume that you know how to get and set up the JDK - if you
don't, then we suggest starting at https://jdk.java.net/ and learning
more about Java, before returning to this README. Lucene runs with
-Java 11 or later.
+Java 11 or later.
-Lucene uses [Gradle](https://gradle.org/) for build control.
+Lucene uses [Gradle](https://gradle.org/) for build control. Gradle is itself Java-based
+and may be incompatible with newer Java versions; you can still build and test
+Lucene with these Java releases, see help/tests.txt for more information.
NOTE: Lucene changed from Ant to Gradle as of release 9.0. Prior releases
still use Ant.