[java] Document Java 7 now required

See #195.
snowballstem · Aug 7, 2024 · 9d69fcb · 9d69fcb
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@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@ to a root form and/or get a root form which is itself a word then Snowball's
 stemming algorithms likely aren't the right answer.
 
 
+Requirements
+============
+
+The Java code generated by Snowball requires Java >= 7 (since Snowball 2.2.0).
+Java 7 was released in 2011, and Java 6's EOL was 2013 so we don't expect this
+to be a problematic requirement.
+
+
 Compiling the library
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