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Bryan Pendleton commented on DERBY-6856: ---------------------------------------- Part-time volunteer contributors such as me certainly find it a challenge to maintain multiple operational JDK versions on multiple platforms (Windows, Linux, Mac, etc.) I would certainly prefer any build solution which allows me to have precisely one JDK in order to build, test, and run with Derby. > Make it possible to build Derby using JDK 9 > ------------------------------------------- > > Key: DERBY-6856 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-6856 > Project: Derby > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Build tools > Affects Versions: 10.12.1.1 > Reporter: Rick Hillegas > Attachments: derby-6856-01-ab-addShardingKey.diff, > derby-6856-01-ac-cleanup.diff > > > Derby can't be built with JDK 9. Java 9 introduces new JDBC classes like > java.sql.ShardingKey and methods which refer to these new classes. > In addition, project Jigsaw has created a new way to name classes (see > http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/220). This breaks the PropertySetter build tool > which we use so that old JVMs can compile Derby and so that Derby can be > compiled to run on old JVMs. > It is likely that we will need to leave this issue open throughout the > development cycle of Java 9. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)