Firebird 3.x Build instructions on MacOS
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Category: Firebird Releases
Annoucements about Firebird oficial releases.
Firebird 3.02 is out!
Firebird Project is happy to announce general availability of Firebird 3.0.2 — the second point release in the Firebird 3.0 series.
This sub-release offers many bug fixes (including fix for a recently reported security vulnerability) and also adds a few minor features and improvements, please refer to the Release Notes for the full list of changes. Binary kits for Windows and Linux on both 32-bit and 64-bit platforms are immediately available for download.
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Firebird 3.0.1 is available
Firebird Project is happy to announce general availability of Firebird 3.0.1 — the first 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 and Linux on both 32-bit and 64-bit platforms are immediately available for download.
Do you plan to move to Firebird 3? Wanna avoid unnecessary headaches? Check out the Migration Guide to Firebird 3 right now!
Firebird 3.0.1 is coming
The first maintenance release of the Firebird 3 series is planned to be released in this month (September/2016). Firebird 3.0.1 will bring several bug fixes and performance improvements.
Firebird 2.5.6 released
Firebird Project is happy to announce general availability of Firebird 2.5.6 — the latest minor release in the Firebird 2.5 series.
This sub-release introduces several bug fixes and a few improvements, please refer to the Release Notes for the full list of changes. Binary kits for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X on both 32-bit and 64-bit platforms are immediately available for download.
Migration Guide to Firebird 3
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Firebird 3 is released!
Press Release: English | Russian | Brazilian Portuguese
The primary goals for Firebird 3.0 were to unify the server architecture and to improve support for SMP and multiple-core hardware platforms. Parallel objectives were to improve threading of engine processes and the options for sharing page cache across thread and connection boundaries.
Alongside these aims came new strategies to improve performance, query optimization, monitoring and scalability and to address the demand for more security options. A number of popular features were introduced into the SQL language, including the long-awaited support for the Boolean data type and the associated logical predications.
Documentation: Release Notes (PDF available), Quick Start Guide (PDF available) and other manuals.
Download it here.
A “Migration Guide to Firebird 3” eBook, written by Carlos H. Cantu, is also available.
Firebird 3 final is about to be released
The source code was just tagged in the repository, so we can expect the final release being out in the next days!
Are you prepared for Firebird 3? The Migration Guide to Firebird 3 eBook is here to help you to move quickly to Firebird 3. The eBook is available in English and in Brazilian Portuguese.
Firebird 3.0 RC2 is released
Firebird Project announces the second Release Candidate of Firebird 3.0, the next major version of the Firebird relational database, which is now available for testing.
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. Please report about any found bugs to the bugtracker.
Please read the Release Notes carefully before installing and testing this Release Candidate.
Firebird 3 RC2 expected release date
Dmitry Yemanov just confirmed that we can expect Firebird Release Candidate 2 to be released this month (January/16). The source code should be tagged in the next 2 weeks, and after that, it is just a matter of the documentation team finishing the release notes.