From 7586a7a6cbc4bf960c588377091a58a29b6485d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PJ Fanning <pjfanning@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2023 08:59:43 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] note about building on windows (#830)

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 ## Building from Source
 
+The CI build is Linux based (Ubuntu) and most Pekko developers use Macs or Linux machines. There have been reports of issues when building with Windows ([#829](https://github.com/apache/incubator-pekko/issues/829)).
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 ### Prerequisites
 - Make sure you have installed a Java Development Kit (JDK) version 11 or later.
 - Make sure you have [sbt](https://www.scala-sbt.org/) installed and using this JDK.