firebird 2.0 debian packages available for testing
Debian users are encouraged to help proof-testing the newly packaged firebird 2.0.
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Firebird related news
The Great 2006 Software Review -blog of the day
[ED: he added Firebird 2.0 RC3 in his list of great software releases for the previous year but he forgot that firebird final was released in November]
2006 was a great year for software. I thought I would make my first post of the new year as a review of the software that was released last year that caught my interest. This is software that I think will have an impact on the world (some big, some small). It is not necessarily software that I use on a regular basis (or at all :).
Firebird 2.0 MacOS Classic Build – Framework – Intel
Can be downloaded for testing (i.e. its not released)
from:
http://www.ibphoenix.com/downloads/Firebird-CS-2.0.pkg.zip
Right Click and Save As.
Any feedback appreciated.
Regards
Paul Beach
Firebird docs – how can you help ?
Rodney Gedda wrote on documentation list
I caught up with Helen this week and she mentioned help was needed
with Firebird documentation. Well, here I am. Let me know if there
is anything I can help out with.
and Paul gave him this answer:
MySQL Falcon Storage Engine Open Sourced – on /.
Firebird Embedded and web sites
Can I (Dean Harding)make a simple suggestion:
Do not use Firebird in Embedded mode in a website
Firebird 1.5.4 Release Candidate 1
Pre-release builds of a release candidate for Firebird 1.5.4 are ready for testing.
OpenDBX 1.1.9 (Development) released
Release focus: Minor bugfixes
Changes:Only two updates were made compared to 1.1.8
Firebird and VB.net blog continue
This time with new articles
Sequoia 3.0 beta 2 (Development) released
Release focus: Major feature enhancements
Changes:This release includes a long list of feature improvements and bugfixes. A new embedded recovery log has been implemented for a transactional log without configuration. New demos are based on these new features. Other usability improvements and performance enhancements are also part of this release.