why jira5.x does not support DB2?

[Chong Ming Wang]

we are use db2 in jira3.12, and now we want to upgrade to the latest jira version.

i found db2 is not supported from jira 4.0

1.can anyone tell me why jira jira5.x does not support DB2?

2.if i still want to use db2, how to config it manually?

[Harry Chan · Accepted solution]

HI, Atlassian decided to drop support for a lot of databases and web application servers to reduce the time for testing and bug fixing. It's described in https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/End+of+Support+Announcements+for+JIRA.

To be honest, with JIRA 5.x not supporting Java 7 and Tomcat 7 even I doubt DB2 will be back any time soon. I'd recommend migrating away from DB2 for JIRA as there could be bugs and issues that you will not get support for.

[Radu Dumitriu]

In short, because there are too few installs on DB2. IBM shops tend to get everything from IBM (didn't understand why - I bet that most people having DB2 are also using Lotus Notes :) - how unfortunate - and tend to get Jazz (Team Concert) instead of Jira ). Support for DB2 ended at 4.0