The Firebird Team is pleased to let loose the first Alpha of Firebird 2.5, more or less feature-complete and ready to field-test. Kits are available for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows and Linux. So — please test it well and report your experiences (good or bad) to the Firebird-devel list.
Firebird is again in the running for SourceForge Community Choice awards.
The Firebird Documentation Project coordinator (Paul Vinkenoog) is pleased to announce that the first volume of the Firebird Language Reference Update series, for Firebird 1.0.x and 1.5.x, is now available in both HTML and PDF formats. Other volumes will follow, each encompassing a macro release. Translations are under way.
"Work-in-Progress" release notes for the forthcoming Firebird 2.5 Alpha are available for browsing online.
Firebird Project releases a patch release for KInterbasDB 3.2 that fixes some issues with transaction parameters and services when working with Firebird 2.1.
The Jaybird team releases Jaybird 2.1.5 bugfix release fixing a regression introduced in v.2.1.4 concerning Events on Linux.
Classic and Superserver kits for release candidate 1 field testing on MacOSX PowerPC platform are available.
The Firebird Team is pleased to make a release candidate available for field testing the first V.2.1.x patch release on Windows, Linux and MacOSX Intel platforms. Please test it hard and report any problems to the Firebird-devel list.
The Jaybird team is pleased to announce the Jaybird 2.1.4 bugfix release.
Coordinator of the Firebird driver development for the new .NET Entity Framework, Jiri Cincura, blogs that the development of the new drivers can now start moving again...