The release notes should include a brief description of new features. This is what I currently have for 10.4, (based on descriptions from the 10.4 Wiki (http://wiki.apache.org/db-derby/DerbyTenFourRelease#head-7b1576a303d753868f1f62423ac5cbbd8bc78dcc)):
<ul> <li>SQL OLAP functionality. Features T611.</li> <li>Unique constraints on nullable columns. Feature T591.</li> <li>Asynchronous replication with basic fail-over.</li> <li>VTI Table Functions.</li> <li>JMX management interface.</li> <li>SQL bracketed comments (/*..*/) Feature T351.</li> <li>ij continuation marker. interactive ij shows > prompt until ;</li> <li>A JDBC statement object cache in the client driver.</li> <li>Cache the isolation level and the current schema in the client driver.</li> </ul> Please review the descripton of any feature that you have worked on, and give me feedback. Thanks, -- Dyre Tjeldvoll