[jira] [Created] (FLINK-1406) Windows compatibility

[Shang Yuanchun (Jira)]

Max Michels created FLINK-1406:
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             Summary: Windows compatibility
                 Key: FLINK-1406
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-1406
             Project: Flink
          Issue Type: Improvement
            Reporter: Max Michels
            Priority: Minor


The documentation [1] states: "Flink runs on all UNIX-like environments: Linux, Mac OS X, Cygwin. The only requirement is to have a working Java 6.x (or higher) installation."

I just found out Flink runs also natively on Windows. Do we want to support Windows? If so, we should update the documentation. Clearly, we don't support it at the moment for development. At multiple places, the tests contain references to "/tmp" or "/dev/random/" which are not Windows compatible.

Probably it's enough to update the documentation stating that Flink runs on Windows but cannot be build or developed on Windows without Cygwin.

[1] http://flink.apache.org/docs/0.7-incubating/setup_quickstart.html



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