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| author | Steve Mynott <steve.mynott@gmail.com> | 2017-05-01 13:51:21 +0100 |
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| committer | Steve Mynott <steve.mynott@gmail.com> | 2017-05-01 13:51:21 +0100 |
| commit | a05b933581dcf64f5f01ee05f166ad4fcd9e2759 (patch) | |
| tree | 17b46204ccd0fd19341f055fcfeced1da7b419fa /README | |
| parent | 4b74d71e6b74f08970ed92a28066320ec560deca (diff) | |
bump Star version in README and stress JVM build is experimental
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| -rw-r--r-- | README | 10 |
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ This is Rakudo Star, a useful, usable Perl 6 production distribution. -This is the 2017.01 release of Rakudo Star for the 6.c version of Perl 6. +This is the 2017.04 release of Rakudo Star for the 6.c version of Perl 6. Rakudo Star is Copyright (C) 2010 - 2017 by the Rakudo Star Team. @@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ with less. Build Prerequisites for Rakudo on the JVM ----------------------------------------- -To build Rakudo Star on the JVM, you need at least a 'make' utility, both -'java' and 'javac' available in your path, and Perl 5.10.0 or newer. The -'java' and 'javac' are obtained by installing a Java Development kit, for -example openjdk-7 or the Oracle JDK. +To build an experimental Rakudo Star on the JVM, you need at least a 'make' +utility, both 'java' and 'javac' available in your path, and Perl 5.10.0 or +newer. The 'java' and 'javac' are obtained by installing a Java Development +kit, for example openjdk-7 or the Oracle JDK. The newer the JDK you have the better; due to bugs in the invokedynamic instruction in early JDK7 releases, JDK7 update 21 or above is suggested. |