[DERBY-4992] Release notes should specify which Java version is needed to run Derby

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 10.3.1.4, 10.3.2.1, 10.3.3.0, 10.4.1.3, 10.4.2.0, 10.5.1.1, 10.5.2.0, 10.5.3.0, 10.6.1.0, 10.6.2.1, 10.7.1.1
• Fix Version/s: 10.8.1.2
• Component/s: Miscellaneous
• Assignee: Dag H. Wanvik
• Reporter: Dag H. Wanvik
• Created: 31/Jan/11 16:50
• Updated: 19/Apr/11 12:39
• Resolved: 01/Feb/11 21:03

Description

Since 10.3, it appears we no longer include information about what Java version is needed to run Derby, at least not on the release notes published on the web site, cf.

http://db.apache.org/derby/releases/release-10.7.1.1.html and others.

In the 10.2 release notes, we see:

JDK/JDBC support:

• JDK 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, and J2ME J2ME/CDC/Foundation Profile
• JSR-169, JDBC 2.1, and JDBC 3.0 support

I think this type of information should still be readily available from the release notes, does anybody know why we stopped doing that?