From 06b261ebb425022003a48db46902f44d2131a19d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: troymc Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2016 11:27:53 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Revised OS X remarks in Node Requirements --- docs/source/nodes/node-requirements.md | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/source/nodes/node-requirements.md b/docs/source/nodes/node-requirements.md index 131b5379..7cc75639 100644 --- a/docs/source/nodes/node-requirements.md +++ b/docs/source/nodes/node-requirements.md @@ -7,11 +7,9 @@ For now, we will assume that a BigchainDB node is just one server. In the future * RethinkDB Server [will run on any modern OS](https://www.rethinkdb.com/docs/install/). Note that the Fedora package isn't officially supported. Also, official support for Windows is fairly recent ([April 2016](https://rethinkdb.com/blog/2.3-release/)). * Python 3.4+ [will run on any modern OS](https://docs.python.org/3.4/using/index.html). -* Some of the Python packages used by BigchainDB Server won't work on all OSes. In particular, [some functionality in the `multiprocessing` package doesn't work on OS X](https://docs.python.org/3.4/library/multiprocessing.html#multiprocessing.Queue.qsize). +* [Some functionality in the `multiprocessing` package doesn't work on OS X](https://docs.python.org/3.4/library/multiprocessing.html#multiprocessing.Queue.qsize). You can still use Mac OS X if you use Docker or a virtual machine. * ZeroMQ [will run on any modern OS](http://zeromq.org/area:download). -In summary, you can't use OS X, but any other modern OS should be okay. - The BigchainDB core dev team uses Ubuntu 14.04 or Fedora 23.