Make it more obvious JDK 8 is commonly necessary

Resolves #427
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Eric Anderson 2015-05-15 11:57:05 -07:00
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gRPC-Java - An RPC library and framework
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gRPC-Java works with JDK 6. TLS usage typically requires using Java 8, or Play
Services Dynamic Security Provider on Android. Please see the [Auth
Readme](AUTH-README.md).
How to Build
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```
### Build gRPC
Building requires JDK 8, as our tests use TLS.
grpc-java has a C++ code generation plugin for protoc. Since many Java
developers don't have C compilers installed and don't need to modify the
codegen, the build can skip it. To skip, create the file