The second episode of the Developer’s Pub series is now online, and the interviewed is no one less than Ann Harrison, the “mother of InterBase/Firebird”, telling us great histories of her life and the time spent with InterBase and Firebird… and Jim, of course! Enjoy watching, and don’t forget to give your like!
Firebird Project announces the first Release Candidate of Firebird 4.0, the next major version of the Firebird relational database, which is now available for testing on Windows and Linux platforms.
This Release Candidate demonstrates the complete set of features and improvements developed for the new release. Release Candidates are generally considered stable enough and may be recommended for testing in “almost-production” environments. Our users are appreciated giving it a try and providing feedback to the development mailing list. Apparent bugs can be reported directly to the bugtracker.
Please read the Release Notes carefully before installing and testing this Release Candidate.
Alexey Kovyazin recently shared some interesting news:
Hi All,
FYI – http://firebirdtest.com
This website is a frontend of FBT + OLTP+automated scripts, supported by Pavel Zotov and some IBSurgeon employees.
It is running FBT tests on Windows server (8Gb, 4cores) for SuperServer and Classic for 3.0 and 4.0, and OLTP-EMUL for SuperServer 3.0/4.0.
Tests are triggered automatically, when new build appear at
http://web.firebirdsql.org/download/snapshot_builds/win/3.0/
http://web.firebirdsql.org/download/snapshot_builds/win/4.0/
As a result of test run, the report is generated.
Description
P – passed (ok)
Failed test due to failed assert is marked as F (failed), pink
Failed due to runtime marked as E (error), yellow.
Failed due to Firebird crash – F red/violet
For each error there is a hint (mouseover) with details of the error.
After click on the cell, the new page will be opened with more details and history of runs.
Detailed links:
Firebird OLTP Emul results
OLTP Emul simulates high load OLTP aplication, and uses many
sophisticated SQLs in multi-thread environment.
Our plan for the future:
1) Publish sources of automated scripts to GitHub (need to clean them a bit)
2) Perform Linux tests and include report results to the frontend
3) improve web representation – https certificate, design, etc
4) Migrate to the new FBT test framework when its adoption will be completed
We invite all interested to join the effort.
Pavel Zotov is a coordinator of the project – pz@ibase.ru.
Regards,
Alexey Kovyazin
IBSurgeon
The 17th FDD in Brazil, organised by Carlos Cantu, were a huge success! It was convened online for the first time, due to Covid-19. There were 720 attendees, and the traditional collection of donations netted a record R$ 8.163,35 after tax, for Firebird development.
The list of donors and their donations is at https://www.firebirddevelopersday.com.br/fdd/17fdd_donors.html.
Source: firebirdsql.org/en/news/firebird-developer-days-convened-online-in-2020
Only for Brazilians and Portuguese speakers…
Está no ar o site do 17º Firebird Developers Day, que dessa vez excepcionalmente será realizado on-line, de 21 a 25 de setembro, uma palestra por noite.
Essa é uma edição “best of“, ou seja, o tema das palestras foi definido por votação dos melhores temas das edições anteriores. As palestras serão ao vivo, com direito à perguntas e respostas.
A inscrição é apenas R$ 50, e todos os inscritos ganharão uma cópia do eBook Guia de Migração para o Firebird 3! Fora isso, poderão também aproveitar as promoções dos patrocinadores, além de participar do tradicional sorteio de licenças.
Visite o site do evento e faça sua inscrição para aproveitar o preço promocional. O download do ebook é liberado assim que o pagamento é reportado pelo banco (dentro de 48h).
Ajude a divulgar o evento compartilhando essa publicação em grupos de bancos de dados e de programação.
Planning to move to Firebird 3 and still didn’t buy the Migration Guide to Firebird 3?
Here is your chance to buy the eBook with USD 5 discount, so the final price will be USD 11! The promotion is valid only for the eBook version (PDF) and will be active up to Aug, 21.
Hurry up, save some money and many hours of headache during your migration process!
Enter the coupon code FB3OFF5 in the order form to get your discount!
Obs: Most of the information in this guide can also be applied when moving to Firebird 4.
Firebird Project is happy to announce general availability of Firebird 3.0.6 — the 6th point release in the Firebird 3.0 series.
This sub-release offers many bug fixes and also adds a few improvements, please refer to the Release Notes for the full list of changes.
Binary kits for Windows, Linux and Android platforms are immediately available for download, Mac OS packages will follow shortly.
Here is the first episode of the Developers.Pub series of interviews.
For the Portuguese speakers:
Dia 4/junho eu, Carlos H. cantu, participarei de mais uma Live, juntamente com o Alexandre Benson Smith e Marcelo Daibert, para falar sobre o Firebird e as novidades do Firebird 4, além de responder dúvidas dos participantes.
Mais informações e link para inscrição em https://fagoc.br/noticias/firebird-e-o-tema-do-proximo-webinar-da-ciencia-da-computacao-unifagoc
Firebird Project announces the second (and last) Beta release of Firebird 4.0, the next major version of the Firebird relational database, which is now available for testing on Windows and Linux platforms.
This Beta release arrives with features and improvements already implemented by the Firebird development team, as well as with countless bugfixes. Our users are appreciated giving it a try and providing feedback to the development mailing list. Apparent bugs can be reported directly to the bugtracker.
Beta releases are not encouraged for production usage or any other goals that require a stable system. They are, however, recommended for those users who want to help in identifying issues and bottlenecks thus allowing to progress faster through the Beta/RC stages towards the final release.Please read the Release Notes carefully before installing and testing this Beta release.
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