Comment 13 for bug 188962

sun-java6-javadb has version 10.2.2 of Java DB. sun-java6 is based on the DLJ tarball bundle of Sun's JDK 6 which contained Java DB in a db/ subdirectory. Packaged versions of Java 6 include the original Java DB product packages, which for debian/ubuntu would be the proposed sun-javadb packages which contains the latest release of Java DB: 10.3. The sun-java6-javadb package does not appear to have been updated in pace with Sun's JDK 6 which currently co-package Java DB 10.3.

Ideally, sun-javadb should replace/obsolete sun-java6-javadb.

Java DB currently supports Java SE 1.4.x, 5 and 6 (and has been tested on iced tea <~ 7).

Please see https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/192887 for more details/background.