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Daniel John Debrunner commented on DERBY-1526:
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Andrew wrote:
  - These runtime [Java] classes can (and should) be static across Derby 
versions. 

That's not true, at least the "and should" piece. I may choose to build 
different Derby codelines with different JDK setups. I do this today either 
using IBM's SDK's or SUn's JDKs.


> build should be able to locate the Java runtime libraries from properties not 
> sourced from ${user.home}, but inside the current subversion checkout.
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>                 Key: DERBY-1526
>                 URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-1526
>             Project: Derby
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Build tools
>    Affects Versions: 10.2.0.0
>            Reporter: Ray Kiddy
>            Priority: Minor
>
> I think it is problemmatic that the Derby build process makes use of, for 
> example, ${user.home}/ant.properties.
> I would actually like to be able to build multiple versions of Derby. I also 
> cannot see what is gained by relying on the user's home directory in this 
> manner. All of this information could be put into a configuration that can be 
> kept in the project directory. That would work just fine.
> By the way, I am looking at the top-of-tree code. How do I refer to that in 
> the "Affects Version" box above? This version is 422938.
> thanx - ray

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