Index: trunk/README
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--- trunk/README	(revision 10456)
+++ trunk/README	(revision 10580)
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
 
 * The JOSM .jar file, e.g., josm-tested.jar or josm-latest.jar
-* Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 7, or later.
+* Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 8, or later.
 
 
 How to get Java Runtime Environment
 -----------------------------------
-You need JRE Version 7, or later.
+You need JRE Version 8, or later.
 
 Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X users should visit https://www.java.com
@@ -117,5 +117,5 @@
     - animal-sniffer-ant-tasks-1.14.jar
                             used to build and check code signatures to ensure plugins binary compatibility 
-    - appbundler-1.0ea.jar  used to build Mac OS X package for Oracle Java 7
+    - appbundler-1.0ea.jar  used to build Mac OS X package
     - checkstyle/           libs and config files for checkstyle (automatically detects code style
                             problems in source code); can be launched as an ant target in build.xml