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Lefty Leverenz commented on HIVE-7444: -------------------------------------- Requirements updated in Getting Started & Installing Hive to include Java 8: * [Getting Started -- Requirements | https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/GettingStarted#GettingStarted-Requirements] * [Installing Hive | https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/AdminManual+Installation#AdminManualInstallation-InstallingHive] (We just need another +1 to close this.) > Update supported operating systems & requirements in wikidoc > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Key: HIVE-7444 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-7444 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Documentation > Reporter: Lefty Leverenz > > The first sentence of Getting Started is outdated: > {quote} > DISCLAIMER: Hive has only been tested on Unix (Linux) and Mac systems using > Java 1.6 for now – although it may very well work on other similar platforms. > It does not work on Cygwin. > {quote} > The Requirements section also needs updating: > {quote} > Requirements > * Java 1.6 > * Hadoop 0.20.x, 0.23.x, or 2.0.x-alpha > {quote} > Quick reference: > * [Getting Started | > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/GettingStarted] -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)