Firebird 2.1 release nano roadmap
Dmitry Yemanov wrote on firebird devel-list :
We’re now busy with v1.5.4 and v2.0.1 point releases, so I wouldn’t expect v2.1 Alpha this month, but it will definitely be released in January.
Author: mariuz
http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Mariuz
Download History Statistics for Firebird project
Here is the Download History Statistics for Firebird project (November was the best month if you ignore the anomaly for Jun 2005 )
Firebird 1.5.1 Mac OSX Panther to Tiger upgrade crash
The old Firebird-CS-1.5.1.pkg isn’t compatible with macosx Tiger, please
download the latest package from SF (1.5.3). That should work.
Firebird 1.5.x MacOsX download page is now updated
It points now to the right page
SQL dialects reference
ZeosLib – New bug tracker and SVN snapshot downloads
We‘re very happy to see you’re intensively testing version 6.6.
To make testing and bug reporting easier we decided to change a few things.
[ED: There are good guides for using Zeos components with Firebird+Delphi and Lazarus too]
Vuln: Firebird Remote Pre-Authentication Database Name Buffer Overrun Vulnerability
Old vulnerability surfaced up from the deep . If you have an old Firebird 1.5.x please upgrade to latest version
ps: seems that securityfocus is updating their own vuln database so this is why it surfaced up again (the bug was squashed long long time ago)
MDO – an alternative set of components for Delphi/Firebird
Edson Lidorio wrote an small intro to MDO components (original version is in portuguese)
Moving firebird from windows to linux
In this guide Juan Carbajal is showing us how to move firebird databases from windows to linux , guide is written in spanish again