Jean T. Anderson (JIRA) wrote: ... > I tried to shorten the notice and here's what I came up with, and I think it > would be good to shorten more: > > JDBC 4.0 functionality is not enabled in this Derby release because JDBC 4.0 > is part of Java SE 6, which was not generally available when the Derby > release was produced. When Derby is used with a Java SE 6 virtual machine, > JDBC 3.0 will be available. JDBC 4.0 will only be available to developers who > download Java SE 6 and use it to add JDBC 4.0 support to Derby. The Release > Notes provide details on how to build this optional JDBC 4.0 functionality, > but the result might not be compatible with the final version of JDBC 4.0. > When Java SE 6 becomes generally available a follow-on Derby release will > include final JDBC 4.0 functionality.
"provide details on" -> "explain" :-) truly, the notice looks lengthy in the html output. less is more. -jean