Jaybird 2.1.3 release fixes a bug related to character case issues affecting the DatabaseMetaData class.
Firebird V2.03 Superserver for Solaris 10 (Intel x86) has been added to the catalogue and is available for download, thanks to continued porting by Paul Beach and Alex Peshkov.
Firebird 2.1 RC1 builds for MacOSX 10.5 x86 are ready to download and test.
New kits for the Superserver installations on both i386 and PPC can be downloaded now. No changes to the engine but an installer problem has been fixed.
The ports of Firebird 2.0.3 Superserver and Classic for MacOSX PPC have been rebuilt with some fixes. New builds for Classic and Superserver PPC are available via the Firebird 2.0.3 Downloads page.
Infrastructure problems are fixed and the Windows snapshots are again available.
Dmitry Yemanov introduces the new Roadmap for 2008.
The Firebird Project team is happy to announce that download kits for the first V.2.1 release candidate are now available — Windows and Linux 32-bit and 64-bit platforms now, MacOSX soon. You are invited to test it furiously and report your experiences (good or bad) back to the Firebird-devel list. As always, please be patient if the files you want haven't made it out to the mirrors at your first attempt.
The ports of Firebird 2.0.3 Superserver and Classic for MacOSX have been rebuilt with a fix for a Services Manager issue. New builds for Classic and Superserver x86 are available via the Firebird 2.0.3 Downloads page. Rebuilds for PowerPC will appear soon.
Jaybird 2.1.2 is released. It is a bugfix release that targets two main issues, JDK 6.0 compatibility and support for INSERT...RETURNING statements. More info at the JDBC Driver page.