Author: mariuz

A beta version of a 64bit Firebird 3.0.3 for MacOSX is now available as a download
http://www.ibphoenix.com/download/firebird/30
for those of you who might be interested in trying it.

Documentation Funding 2017 Reached more than 3000$ of the 5000$ Goal , We need more help to reach the target https://www.firebirdsql.org/en/doc-funding-2017/

Funding Goal

We have a beta version of an installable 64bit Firebird 3.0.3 for MacOSX. It runs by default as SuperServer currently (as it should) with no simple way to switch to Classic/SuperClassic (yet). If any one wants a copy to download, install and test – please send Paul Beach an email.

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 7.1.7. This is a security release with several bug fixes included. All PHP 7.1 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

Firebird support for Decfloat will be enabled in Firebird 4.0 (Can be tested with latest snapshots)

Decfloat is a new SQL:2016 standard type introduced by IBM in DB2

Here is the Warning from Debian Developers :

This warning advisory is relevant for users of systems with the Intel
processors code-named “Skylake” and “Kaby Lake”. These are: the 6th and
7th generation Intel Core processors (desktop, embedded, mobile and
HEDT), their related server processors (such as Xeon v5 and Xeon v6), as
well as select Intel Pentium processor models.

TL;DR: unfixed Skylake and Kaby Lake processors could, in some
situations, dangerously misbehave when hyper-threading is enabled.
Disable hyper-threading immediately in BIOS/UEFI to work around the
problem. Read this advisory for instructions about an Intel-provided
fix.

And the Related Reddit Thread

The status of the firebird3.0 source package
in Debian’s testing distribution has changed.

Previous version: 3.0.1.32609.ds4-14
Current version: 3.0.2.32703.ds4-4

IBObjects 5.9.3 Build 2631 is available. For more information please see the Release Notes.

Debian 9 Stretch is released with Firebird 3.0 in repository