Add a small clarification about the required Java version for gradle.

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Dawid Weiss 2021-05-24 09:59:54 +02:00
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@ -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`).
@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ 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.
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.