Author: mariuz
http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Mariuz
Firebird ubuntu guide for gutsy updated on wiki
The ubuntu gutsy 7.10 and hardy 8.04 includes firebird 2.0.3 latest stable release, here is how to install it on both
Firebird 2.5 head builds for linux
You can download Firebird 2.5 head builds for linux from here
Zope, Plone, Firebird hosting
Damaged 2.1 RC2 kits on SourceForge replaced
Several 2.1 RC2 kits were damaged on upload to SourceForge. All affected
ones were replaced, but before they’ll get updated on all mirrors,
please make sure that you use the osdn primary server.
Here are direct links to new fixed kits:
Firebird remote BOF POC
Firebird Remove Buffer Overflow Proof of concept was posted on BugTraq
The bug is the one fixed in the next stable releases and is not present in firebird 2.1 rc1& rc2 here is the description:
Integer overflow in Firebird SQL 1.0.3 and earlier, 1.5.x before 1.5.6, 2.0.x before 2.0.4, and 2.1.x before 2.1.0 RC1 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code
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.
SQLObject 0.9.4 released
I'm pleased to announce the 0.9.4 release of SQLObject.
flamerobin – 0.8.5 snapshot for ubuntu 8.04 hardy heron is ready
you can install flamerobin 0.8.5 snapshot into ubuntu 8.04 by adding these lines in the /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/mapopa/ubuntu hardy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/mapopa/ubuntu hardy main
$sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install flamerobin
$flamerobin
and now check the about box
flamerobin 0.8.5 snapshot ready in the debian repository
you can test it in debian unstable (amd64 and i386) from debian sid repository
http://packages.debian.org/sid/flamerobin
Other binary snapshots for flamerobin 0.8.5 are here
(you can tests on other operating systems: Linux, MacosX, windows,wine)