2.7.12-RC1

What's Changed

• [2.7] Version change to prepare for a next release 2.7.12 by @rfelcman in #1646
• [2.7] Minor messaging improvements by @dazey3 in #1675
• [2.7] PrintInnerJoinInWhereClause as query hint - backport from master by @rfelcman in #1683
• [2.7] JPA JSE test fixes - master backports by @rfelcman in #1694
• Fix ConcurrentModificationException in BatchFetchPolicy by @fataOT in #1585
• [2.7] Issue 1711: ClassCastException while updating foreignkeys with identity generation by @dazey3 in #1714
• [2.7] Bugfix for: Specifying QName in XmlVariableNode results namespace written twice - backport from master by @rfelcman in #1719
• [2.7] Git repository cleanup - untrack .idea folder by @rfelcman in #1737
• [2.7] ASM dependency update to 9.4.0 by @rfelcman in #1739
• [2.7] remove the noisy entries from the logs - backport from the master by @rfelcman in #1747
• [2.7] Oracle21c support by @rfelcman in #1749
• [2.7] Issue 1755: Add support for non-breaking spaces by @dazey3 in #1757
• [2.7] Class read fallback needs to reread the stream from the beginning (#1766) by @lukasj in #1768
• [2.7] Jenkins environment - switch to JDK 11 by @rfelcman in #1777
• [2.7] Jenkins build pipeline - javadoc build fix by @rfelcman in #1784
• [2.7] Diagnostic new feature - corrupted cache (backport from master) by @rfelcman in #1790
• [2.7] Jenkins - Nightly build page generation fix by @rfelcman in #1804
• [2.7] Issue 1779: Add DB2zOS support for UNICODE Timestamps by @dazey3 in #1781
• [2.7] Issue 1735: Improve DB2 ZOS support for LIKE ESCAPE by @dazey3 in #1787
• [2.7] Jenkins build - promotion pipeline fix to reflect Eclipse.org security settings by @rfelcman in #1808
• Jenkins build (promotion) - ANT build javadoc fix for JDK 11 and reflect security changes at ci.eclipse.org by @rfelcman in #1809

New Contributors

• @fataOT made their first contribution in #1585

Full Changelog: 2.7.11...2.7.12-RC1