firebird 2.1 rc2 for ubuntu hardy/gutsy is ready
you can install it from my ppa repository
Category: Firebird Releases
Annoucements about Firebird oficial releases.
Deprecated parameters
Pay attention, specially if you are using old IBO versions: Dmitry Yemanov posted in Firebird-Devel list that the OldParameterOrdering setting (found in Firebird.conf) will be removed from Firebird 2.5, and OldColumnNaming will be removed in FB 3.0. Both of them were introduced as temporary solutions to compatibility problems, to give time to developers solve the issues in their applications.
Firebird 2.1 Release Candidate 2 Ready
The Firebird Project team is happy to announce that download kits for the second (and hopefully, last) V.2.1 release candidate are now available for Windows, Linux and MacOSX Intel 32-bit and 64-bit platforms. You are invited to test it with as much rigour and vigor as you like and report your experiences (good or bad) back to the firebird-devel or the firebird-test list.
As always, please be patient if the files you want haven’t made it out to the mirrors at your first attempt.
firebird2.0 package is now included in debian etch backports (stable)
firebird2.0 package is now included in debian etch backports (stable)
http://packages.debian.org/etch-backports/firebird2.0-super
for using the etch stable backports read this reference
firebird 2.0 package is also included in testing
http://packages.debian.org/lenny/firebird2.0-super
and unstable
http://packages.debian.org/sid/firebird2.0-super
Jaybird updated
Jaybird 2.1.3 released. This release fixes only one bug, JDBC-106, which is related to the situation when developers use DatabaseMetaData class with identifiers/patterns with case different to the one in the database.
The solution is to try to execute the query with the original case and when nothing is found, another query with uppercased identifiers is executed. This, in worst case will cause two queries to be executed against the database, which can lead to performance loss.
Python, kinterbasdb and 64bit MacOSX 10.5
Now we have 64bit builds of Firebird 2.1 for MacOSX 10.5, we have issues trying to test them properly using the Firebird QMTest QA suite. This QA suite relies on Python and kinterbasdb. Currently Philippe Makowski has been able to run the tests from a 64bit Linux client. But is unable to run the tests locally. Well currently the python framework that comes with MacOSX 10.5 is only 32bit and this forces a 32bit build of kinterbasdb, since the build environment of kinterbasdb uses distutils to use the same compile switches as python. So I thought I would have a look at the issue and see if I could build a 64bit version of kinterbasdb for MacOSX 10.5.
This is how I did it…
Rebuilt Firebird 2.0.3 MacOSX Superserver Kits
New kits for the Superserver installations on both i386 and PPC can be downloaded now. No changes to the engine but an installer problem has been fixed.
firebird 2.0.3 fixed security in bsd ports
Fixed security2.fdb while installing from bsd package
(it had wrong permissions )
Firebird 2.1RC1 is out
The Firebird Project team is happy to announce that download kits for the first V.2.1 release candidate are now available – Windows and Linux 32-bit and 64-bit platforms now, MacOSX soon. You are invited to test it furiously and report your experiences (good or bad) back to the firebird-devel list.
As always, please be patient if the files you want haven’t made it out to the mirrors at your first attempt.
2008 Roadmap
The Firebird’s 2008 Roadmap is now public available.