Derby not included in OpenJDK build?

[Mark Reinhold]

> Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2007 18:57:37 -0700
> From: Ted Neward <ted at tedneward.com>

> I just noticed\227Apache Derby bits that were included as part of Java6 (in
> the JDK/db directory) aren\222t a part of the OpenJDK build process; is this
> deliberate?

Yes.

>	      Will they go in at some point, or was that a one-shot that\222s not
> being repeated in Java7/OpenJDK?

Derby (aka JavaDB) is co-bundled in Sun's (encumbered) binary JDK
distribution as a convenience to developers.  It's not part of the
Java SE platform, and neither is it an integral part of the JDK.

I expect this co-bundling arrangement to continue.

- Mark