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The Apache Derby project is pleased to announce feature release 10.16.1.1.
Apache Derby is a sub-project of the Apache DB project. Derby is a pure
Java relational database engine which conforms to the ISO/ANSI SQL and
JDBC standards. Derby aims to be easy for developers and end-users to
work with.
The chief feature of this release is the removal of support for the Java
SecurityManager, anticipating its removal from the Open JDK as part of
https://openjdk.org/jeps/411.
Derby 10.16.1.1 also contains bug and documentation fixes and it can be
obtained from the Derby download site:
http://db.apache.org/derby/derby_downloads.html.
Please try out this new release.