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Knut Anders Hatlen commented on DERBY-6857: ------------------------------------------- The new constants added to the VMDescriptor interface are described in more detail here: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jvms/se8/html/jvms-4.html#jvms-4.4 > Deprecate support for building Derby under JDKs 6 and 7 > ------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: DERBY-6857 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-6857 > Project: Derby > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Build tools > Affects Versions: 10.13.0.0 > Reporter: Rick Hillegas > Attachments: ClassReferenceReader.java, Windows-sane-TypeId.class, > classReferenceComparison.txt, derby-6857-01-aa-remove6and7.diff, > derby-6857-02-aa-cleanupOldJdks.diff, derby-6857-03-aa-minimumVersion.diff, > derby-6857-04-aa-pruneConstantClasses.diff, jardriftcheck.diff, > mac-derby-jar-verbose.txt, mac-sane-TypeId.class, new-byte-codes.diff, > windows-derby-jar-verbose.txt > > > The community voted to stop supporting Java 6 and 7 as of release 10.13. See > the 2015-09-12 entry here: http://wiki.apache.org/db-derby/VoteResults. We no > longer need to support building Derby with those JDKs. This issue tracks > changes needed to remove that support and simplify the build. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)