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Update the upgrading guide for the 3.7 release
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## Upgrading from 3.6.x
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The 3.7 release is binary and source compatible with the 3.5 release, except for methods that have been added to interfaces that
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In order to modularize the driver for Java 9, the ```MongoDriverInformation`` class had to be moved from the ``com.mongodb.client`` package
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to the ``com.mongodb`` package. Generally the only consumers who rely on this class directly are other drivers that wrap the Java driver,
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so it's not expected that this change will affect many applications, so long as they also upgrade any wrapping drivers they they rely on
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(e .g. the Reactive Streams driver or the Scala driver) at the same time.
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Otherwise, the 3.7 release is binary and source compatible with the 3.6 release, except for methods that have been added to interfaces that
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have been marked as unstable, and changes to classes or interfaces that have been marked as internal or annotated as Beta.
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## Upgrading from 2.x
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You must upgrade first to 3.0 driver. See the Upgrade guide in the 3.0 driver reference documentation.
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See the Upgrade guide in the 3.0 driver reference documentation for breaking changes in 3.0.
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### System Requirements
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