Archive of Firebird Project Development News

16-Jul-2010	Firebird Day in Brazil
	This weekend will see the staging of the seventh Firebird Developers' Day in Piracicba, Brazil. We wish our Brazilian colleagues a day at least as good as the previous six such events.
22-June-2010	Firebird 2.0.6 Released
	The Firebird development team is pleased to announce the release of Firebird v.2.0.6 for Windows 32-bit, Linux x86 and x64 and MacOSX/Darwin i86 and PPC. Download kits.
05-May-2010	Mind-the-Bird Article Contest Winner
	Thomas Steinmaurer won the article contest staged as part of the Mind-the-Bird Campaign. The winning articles (in MS Word format) can be downloaded from the M-t-B Benefits page (scroll down) or read in HTML format at the IBPhoenix website.
27-Apr-2010	DDEX Provider for Visual Studio New Sub-release
	Jiri Cincura announces the V.2.0.5 sub-release of the Firebird DDEX Provider for Visual Studio 2005/2008/2010.
8-Apr-2010	Firebird 2.0.6 Release Candidate Ready
	The Firebird core team is pleased to offer a release candidate of Firebird 2.0.6 for 32-bit Windows and Mac Intel platforms and 32-bit and 64-bit Linux. Please test well and report any problems to Firebird-devel.
7-Apr-2010	Webinar Tomorrow: Ann Harrison
	Tomorrow's webinar -- Technological history of Firebird - 3 decades of innovations -- will be presented by Ann Harrison at 14:00 GMT 8 April. [Now finished].  Download as zip  (10.5 MB)
6-Apr-2010	Webinar Today
	Today's the day for Dmitry Yemanov's webinar SuperClassic: new architecture in Firebird -- at 15:00 GMT. [Now finished].  Download as zip  (35 MB)
28-Mar-2010	Article-writing Contest with Cash Prizes
	Carlos Cantu announces a Firebird V.2.5 article-writing contest as part of the Mind the Bird campaign, with cash prizes. Deadline: April 16.
23-Mar-2010	Second round voting: Firebird's Birthday Artwork
	The second round of voting is open in a contest to choose artwork to celebrate Firebird's 10th anniversary. Five candidate entries to five for a final poll. Vote today: you have only until March 24! [Voting finished 24 March]
16-Mar-2010	Voting Opens: Firebird's Birthday Artwork
	The first round of voting is open in a contest to choose artwork to celebrate Firebird's 10th anniversary. Full color and black-and-white versions are supplied for each artwork entered. This voting stage will reduce the candidate entries to five for a final poll. Vote today and have your say! [Voting finished 22 March]
11-Mar-2010	Mind the Bird! Campaign Launch
	Dmitry Kouzmenko today formally announced the Mind the Bird! campaign to try to raise Firebird's public profile as Firebird 2.5 approaches release. Whether you are new to Firebird or you have been around for many of Firebird's almost 10 years, there is something interesting for you. To find out and to join up, visit the Mind the Bird! website.
17-Feb-2010	Firebird ADO.NET Provider V.2.5.2 Released
	Jiri Cincura announces a new 2.5.2 sub-release of the ADO.NET provider for Firebird. It is mainly bug fixes but includes some minor internal improvements. Download links here. Complete list of changes here.
15-Feb-2010	Firebird Code Swarm
	Adriano dos Santos Fernandes has made a 9-minute code swarm Flash video of the Firebird tree. See here. Rather cool!
8-Feb-2010	Firebird 2.5 Release Candidate 2 Now Available
	The Firebird team is pleased to announce that kits for field-testing the second release candidate for Firebird 2.5 are now available. Both 32-bit and 64-bit kits are available for Linux, Windows and MacOSX/Darwin Intel platforms. Please test well and report any bugs directly to the firebird-devel list (click HERE if you are not subscribed). Please do not post questions about this pre-release version to the firebird-support list.
28-Jan-2010	Windows VM Added to the Farm
	The Windows server VM has been added to the farm and the first 32-bit and 64-bit snapshot kits of Firebird versions 2.1, 2.5 and 3.0 have been automatically copied over to the snapshots area on the web server. V.2.0 snapshots won't be produced on this server because of MSVC runtime incompatibility. We'll let you know when an alternative is found.
26-Jan-2010	Tracker New Accounts Problem Fixed
	The problem with creating new accounts in the Tracker is fixed. However, the "captcha" images provided by JIRA are not always good and it doesn't provide the ability to request a better one. If you can't read the image, you have to start over, sorry. Memory exhaustion problems with the JVM that have been causing JIRA to crash in the past days seem to have been righted, at least for now. Thanks again, Pavel.
24-Jan-2010	New Servers for Test and Snapshot Builds
	Broadview Software has created two new VMs for the project's developers and testers to use as build farms for POSIX and Windows, respectively. This enables us to automate the daily snapshot builds and transfer them each day at approximately midnight GMT to the pre-release area for field testing. At the moment, most of the Linux builds are available from the Snapshots page. Sergey will continue making his regular Linux builds available as a backup source. More news about other platforms and possibly other snapshot kits as the build farm develops.
19-Jan-2010	Tracker News
	The problem with the tracker.firebirdsql.org URL has now been resolved and old bookmarks should work again. There is still a problem with Java that is preventing the creation of new accounts in the Tracker system: some point in the layering does not like the OpenJDK. Pavel is working on that. In the meantime, if you don't have a Tracker account and need to file a bug report, please subscribe to the firebird-devel list and post the problem description there.
13-Jan-2010	Tracker is Restored
	Firebird's Jira Tracker is now restored on the new VM, with data up to 5 December 2009. However, we have lost attachments from the last two years. Missing ticket headers from after Dec 5 will need to be reconstructed from notification messages. The version of Jira is slightly newer than we had before, although it is not V.4.x, due to platform problems with the Tomcat layer. We now have some new features, including FishEye integration, already configured for the CORE project. Some reporting plug-ins may be missing: if so, it will take some forensics to detect which ones they were and whether they are compatible with the new setup. The Subversion and CVS integration plug-ins are installed and working. Note that the URL is temporarily slightly different to what it was previously, so your old bookmark won't work properly. Once the re-licensing issues are sorted out, the URL will revert to the previous one. This has been a difficult recovery. In short, we just didn't have the failure protection we thought we had and we failed to cover the unannounced disappearance of the project worker who set up Jira originally. The recovery task was achieved thanks to the huge effort and dedication of Pavel Cisar, who took on the task a month ago, single-handedly, as a "greenie". Some steps still remain to be done but the Tracker is open for business!
11-Jan-2010	No News is Not Good News
	Sorry to say, the Project still has no Tracker and no news mirror. If you have bugs to report, either in existing releases or in the V.2.5 first release candidate, please post your report to the firebird-devel list. For now, if you find broken links on this website (other than those to the dead servers) then please feel free to inform us via a message to the firebird-website or the firebird-general list. Joining instructions for all of these lists are HERE, or you can just click Resources > Lists and Newsgroups in the top menu.
18-Dec-2009	Windows Snapshots Available Again
	The latest Windows snapshots have been uploaded. Refer to links in "currently testing" above or at the main download page.
18-Dec-2009	Catastrophic Events at Our Internet Host
	Thanks to the progressive death of the NAS server from which all our Internet facilities are served, we lost everything - Tracker, website, Wiki and news mirrors - piece-by-piece over the past days. By gargantuan effort, Sean Leyne and his colleagues at Broadview have been reconstructing our infrastructure from scratch. The main website is up (obviously!). Others are more challenging, requiring radical reconstruction using new versions of underlying software, and will take time. For now, if you find broken links (other than those to our other servers) then please feel free to inform us via a message to the firebird-general list (joining instructions HERE). More info as it comes to light.
11-Dec-2009	Firebird 2.5.0 Release Candidate 1 Ready to Test
	The project team announces that kits of Firebird 2.5.0 release candidate 1 are now available for all the supported main-line platforms (Win32, Win 64, Linux i86 and x86-64 and MacOS-X/Darwin i86 and x86-64). Please test it with your loads and report back to firebird-devel. Note, this is the first of two RC releases.
13-Oct-2009	Firebird 2.1.3 MacOSX Intel Kits Updated
	The Firebird 2.1.3 MacOSX Intel (32bit and 64bit) kits have been replaced with new ones that solve a problem with exception handling on MacOSX 10.6 and GCC 4.1.2.
08-Oct-2009	Firebird 1.5.6 Released
	The project is pleased to announce that Firebird 1.5.6 release kits are now available for all the supported main-line platforms (Win32, Linux i86 and MacOS-X/Darwin i86 and PPC). No further sub-releases are planned for the V.1.5.x series.
15-Sep-2009	Firebird 1.5.6 RC1 Mac OS-X Kits Available for Testing
	Firebird 1.5.6 release candidate kits are now available for MacOS-X on i*86 and PowerPC platforms.
12-Sep-2009	Firebird 2.1.3 Mac OS-X PowerPC Kits Added
	Firebird 2.1.3 release kits are now available for the MacOS-X PowerPC (Motorola) platform.
12-Sep-2009	Firebird .NET Provider (FirebirdClient) 2.5.1 Released
	Jiri Cincura announces a new bug-fix sub-release of the .NET Provider, FirebirdClient v.2.5.1. Resolved issues can be viewed in the Tracker. Download links are HERE.
9-Sep-2009	Firebird 2.1.3 Mac OS-X Kits Added
	Firebird 2.1.3 release kits are now available for MacOS-X Intel 32-bit and 64-bit platforms.
8-Sep-2009	Firebird 2.1.3 Released
	The team is pleased to announce the release of Firebird 2.1.3, with kits available for Linux and Windows 32-bit and 64-bit platforms. For notes about the release, click here.
7-Sep-2009	Firebird 1.5.6 Release Candidate for Testing
	The Firebird Core team invites users who want to continue using Firebird 1.5 to test the release candidate for V.1.5.6. 32-bit kits are available for Linux and Windows now. NOTE :: This will become the LAST sub-release for the V.1.5 series.
3-Sep-2009	Firebird Package Officially in OpenSuse 11.2
	Good news for Firebird and OpenSuse users, the Firebird package will be in the official repository for the new OpenSuse 11.2 SLE. For people wanting to test the pre-release, first visit the notes from Philippe Makowski, our guy in Distroland.
11-Aug-2009	Firebird 2.5 Beta 2 Kits Released
	The Firebird Team is pleased to release the second Beta of the new Firebird 2.5 version for field-testing. 32-bit and 64-bit builds for Linux, Windows and MacOSX Intel are available. Download HERE and, as ever, send all feedback--hot or not--to the firebird-devel list. Have fun!
4-Aug-2009	Firebird 2.1.3 Release Candidate 2 Ready to Test
	The Team is pleased to announce that the second (hopefully final) release candidate builds are ready to field-test. Builds for 32-bit and 64-bit Linux, Windows and MacOSX Intel are available. Download and enjoy. As always, your feedback to the firebird-devel list would be welcome.
24-Jul-2009	Firebird's a Winner
	The Firebird Project again wins a SourceForge Community Choice Award. This year, we won the "Best Project for Enterprise" category. Thanks to SourceForge and the voters amongst our community for this recognition.
5-Jul-2009	"FB/Java" Engine Plug-in for Testing
	Adriano dos Santos Fernandes announces the availability of an early test version of the "FB/Java" plug-in he is developing to enable Java procedures to be executed externally from the Firebird 3.0 engine.
2-Jul-2009	Two Days Till FDD in Piracicaba, Brazil
	A reminder for all you Firebirders in Brazil: the 6th Firebird Developer Days event in Piricicabo, São Paulo, Brazil, is this weekend. Details H E R E.
24-Jun-2009	Firebird 2.1.3 Release Candidate Ready to Test
	The Team is pleased to announce that most of the release candidate builds are ready for you to field-test. Builds for 32-bit and 64-bit Linux, Windows and MacOSX Intel are available. Download HERE and enjoy. As always, your feedback to the firebird-devel list would be welcome.
23-Jun-2009	Now We're Voting
	The voting pages are up for the 2009 Sourceforge Community Choice awards. Firebird has been selected as a final candidate in three categories: Best Project, Best Project for Government and Best Project for the Enterprise. Link through and vote your heart out! For your convenience, the three Firebird nominations are pre-selected.
13-Jun-2009	Firebird 2.1.2 for OpenSuse
	The OpenSuse project now packages Firebird 2.1.2 in its Database repositories for v.10.3 and v.11.1.
9-Jun-2009	Firebird Finalist for 3 SourceForge Community Awards
	We've just learnt that Firebird will be a finalist for three of this year's SourceForge Community awards: Best Project, Best Project for Government and Best Project for Enterprise. The final vote is due to kick off on June 22. More news and URL soon.
9-Jun-2009	Firebird for Fedora 11
	Thanks to the efforts of Philippe Makowski, Firebird is now packaged in the latest Fedora 11 release. To visit the relevant database collection page, click here.
28-May-2009	Firebird Python PowerConsole Released for Testing
	Pavel Cisar releases PowerConsole v.0.7, a plug-in layer for his Firebird PowerTools Python tool set, for tasting and testing.
22-May-2009	FirebirdClient 2.5 for .NET Release
	Jiri Cincura announces the final release of FirebirdClient 2.5 for .NET 3.5/2.0 with several new features, including Entity Framework support. Download here.
22-May-2009	Embarcadero Promises DB Tool Support for Firebird
	Commenting in his Sip from the Firehose blog about forthcoming DB tools development, Embarcadero's "David I" promises the new tools will add Firebird (and InterBase) support later in the year. [Refer to comments 1,3 and 4.]
7-May-2009	Make Nominations for 2009 Sourceforge Awards
	Firebird has been a winner before but - you gotta be in to win! Now's the time to put in your nominations for Firebird (and other SF projects you fancy, of course!). If our nominations are selected in one or more categories, then we'll be in the race to win more of those coveted Thingamajigs. Click the Thingamajig and do your best!
06-May-2009	BORL Finally Bites the Dust
	The last shreds of the once-mighty Borland have gone under the hammer. It has been bought by a U.K. company MicroFocus International plc that produces software for testing software. Recall that Codegear, the arm of Borland that maintained InterBase and produced Delphi, went to Embarcadero Technologies last year.
05-May-2009	Red Hat/Centos/Fedora Firebird Packages
	It's official now, Philippe Makowski is the maintainer of Firebird packages for Fedora and Epel (Centos and RHEL packages). Firebird packages get pushed into the official Fedora repositories so the good news is that Firebird users can get Firebird 2.1.2 directly from there.   Philippe's blog Flamerobin and Kinterbasdb (the Python driver for Firebird) will follow soon, as will the PHP module.
03-May-2009	New DbBench Project has a Beta
	Tsutomu Hayashi has opened a new project, developing a benchmarking application for Windows (initially), to benchmark Firebird against (initially) MySQL. A beta is available - visit the project.
30-Apr-2009	GNU Gatekeeper adds a Firebird driver
	The GNU Gatekeeper project (GPL licence), a free H.323 gatekeeper that forms the basis for a free VOIP telephony system, has added a Firebird driver to its back-end options.
20-Apr-2009	Oracle Buys Sun
	Oracle announces it will buy Sun Microsystems. Another open source database (MySQL) joins the heap that Oracle has been buying up. "If you can't beat it, buy it!"
17-Apr-2009	Firebird 2.1.2 for Mac PPC
	Thanks, too, to the IBPhoenix build team for ironing out the wrinkles in the Firebird 2.1.2 Classic build for MacOSX on PowerPC and releasing it.
17-Apr-2009	Firebird 2.0.5 Classic Kit for Solaris SPARC
	Thanks to Tsutomu Hayashi his build, released today, of Firebird 2.0.5 Classic for the Solaris 10 SPARC platform.
10-Apr-2009	Fresh Windows Kits: Firebird 2.5 Beta 1
	Kits for Windows were all replaced today to include some components that were missing. The new kits have the infix "-1" or "_1" after the build number, e.g. "Firebird-2.5.0.23247_1_Win32_Beta1.exe".
07-Apr-2009	Firebird 2.5 Beta 1 is Ready to Test
	The Firebird Team is pleased to release the first Beta of Firebird 2.5, 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. Do make a point of studying the release notes (available on-line and also in the download kits). Note also that there are a few known issues, particularly for those of you who are going to hammer this hard.
4-Apr-2009	Conference 2008 Papers Now Available
	Transcripts of the presentations from the 2008 Firebird Conference in Bergamo, Italy, are now available for free download. Registration required first.
4-Apr-2009	Firebird ADO.NET Data Provider v.2.5.0 Beta 2 Ready for Testing
	Firebird ADO.NET Data Provider v.2.5.0 Beta 2 for .NET 3.5/2.0 is ready for testing.
1-Apr-2009	Firebird 2.1.2 is Released (not a Joke!)
	The Firebird team is pleased to announce the sub-release Firebird 2.1.2 for production. Kits for Linux, Windows and MacOSX Intel and PowerPC are making their way to the mirror sites today. Enjoy! N.B. The Classic package for MacOSX PPC will be delayed slightly.
7-Mar-2009	Firebird 2.1.2 Release Candidate 2 is Ready to Test
	The Linux, Win32 and MacOSX/Intel release candidate 2 kits for Firebird 2.1.2 were released for field testing.
20-Feb-2009	Tracker: Scheduled Outage this Weekend
	Our Tracker will be going down at midnight GMT (7 a.m. EST) this Sunday, 22 Feb 2009, for several hours. Apologies in advance for any inconvenience.
03-Feb-2009	Conference DVD is Available
	Fabio Codebue announces that a DVD with all papers and samples from 2008 Firebird conference is now available. Cost is €59,00, which includes postage within the EU. Order or get more info.
27-Jan-2009	Firebird 2.0.5 is Released
	The Firebird Project team is pleased to announce the release of Firebird 2.0.5. Kits for Linux (i686 and AMD-64), Win32 and MacOSX Intel and PowerPC should start to filter through to SourceForge over the next few hours, ready to download. This sub-release features a significant batch of bug fixes, many backported from v.2.1.x development. Bugs fixed can be reviewed HERE.
19-Jan-2009	Firebird 2.1.2 Release Candidate 1
	The Linux, Win32 and MacOSX/Intel release candidate 1 kits for Firebird 2.1.2 were released for field testing.
15-Jan-2009	KInterbasDB 3.3 released
	KInterbasDB 3.3 is ready for download.
06-Jan-2009	New v.2.5.0 Beta 1 for .NET 3.5/2.0
	Jiri Cincura announces Firebird ADO.NET Data Provider v.2.5.0 Beta 1 for .NET 3.5/2.0 . As well as the brand new Entity Framework support (still beta!) it contains several bugfixes. Feedback please to the firebird-net-provider list.
29-Dec-2008	Roadmap for Development, 2009
	Firebird Project leader Dmitry Yemanov gives his Roadmap assessment of where Firebird development is headed in 2009.
18-Dec-2008	Firebird 2.0.5 Release Candidate 2 is Ready to Test
	The Firebird Team is pleased to offer the second round of Linux, Win32 and MacOSX release candidate kits for Firebird 2.0.5. Please refer to the Bug Fixes chapter of the release notes, test it well and report your experiences (good or bad) to the firebird-devel list.
13-Dec-2008	V.1.7.2 Maint. Release for .NET Provider 1.1 Driver
	The Firebird .NET Provider sub-project is pleased to announce release 1.7.2 of the .NET Data Provider for .NET 1.1 and Mono 1.1, a maintenance release that backports a fix for connecting to Firebird 2.1 server.
26-Nov-2008	Web Services Recovering
	Thanks to some Black Hat activity in our subnet at the weekend, we lost the website and the Tracker site for some days. The Tracker site is still undergoing repair and will be returned to service as soon as possible. We thank you for your patience.
20-Nov-2008	Python Driver Updated for Firebird 2.x
	The kinterbasdb 3.3 source tarball and Windows binaries for Firebird 2.x and Python 2.5/2.6 are ready to download and test.
19-Nov-2008	ODBC/JDBC Driver v.2 Release Candidate is Ready to Test
	Alexander Potapchenko has today uploaded 32-bit and 64-bit install kits and source for the first release candidate of the V. 2 Firebird ODBC/JDBC driver for Linux and Windows. Please test these thoroughly and report experiences, good or bad, to the firebird-odbc-devel list.
18-Nov-2008	Firebird 2.0.5 Release Candidate 1 is Ready to Test
	The Linux, Win32 and MacOSX release candidate kits for Firebird 2.0.5 were released for testing.
2-Nov-2008	Firebird Gets the Eye of the Sphinx
	Sphinx is a very powerful and popular free open source full-text search engine. A few days ago, Sphinx 0.9.8.1 was released. Vlad Khorsun and Pierre Yager made a patch for Sphinx to support Firebird. Their patches and Windows binary are available to download and try out.
31-Oct-2008	The Atlassian Fish Has Its Eye on Us!
	Watch the Firebird Project's CVS commits and changelog through Atlassian’s FishEye.
21-Oct-2008	New ODBC Driver Builds for Testing
	ODBC v.2 driver development has resumed with Alexander Potapchenko taking over the vacant role of coordinating the project. New late Beta builds by Alexander and also one from IBPhoenix are available for testing and feedback.
30-Sep-2008	Blogs and Pix from Firebird Conference
	For your convenience, you can link to all the known blogs and pix galleries from the recently finished Firebird Conference from the Events page.
24-Sep-2008	Language Reference Doc Released for Firebird 2
	Paul Vinkenoog's amazing efforts bring the release of Language Reference Update for Firebird 2, just in time for the conference. Available as online pages and as PDF, this document augments Paul's earlier LangRef Update for Firebird 1.5. Use these documents in combination with the IB6 Beta LangRef.pdf. NB, right-click this link to download.
23-Sep-2008	Firebird 2.1.1 for 64-bit Solaris 10 Released
	Paul and Alex have now released the Firebird 2.1.1 Classic and Superserver packages for Solaris 10 on AMD64 and EMT64.
22-Sep-2008	This is Firebird International Conference Week!
	The sixth international Firebird International Conference starts this week on Thursday 25th in Bergamo, Italy. Pasta, pizza, vino and plenty of intellectual food as well.
12-Sep-2008	Firebird 2.1.1 for Solaris 10 i86 Released
	Paul Beach and Alex Peshkoff have released the Firebird 2.1.1 Classic and Superserver packages for Solaris 10 i386, along with an installer for a v.2.1.1.-compatible libgcc runtime.
07-Sep-2008	DDEX Provider v.2.0.4 Released
	The DDEX Provider v.2.0.4 for Visual Studio is released and ready to DOWNLOAD.
02-Sep-2008	Firebird 2.0.4 Superserver for Solaris 10 i86 Released
	Paul Beach and Alex Peshkoff have released the Firebird 2.0.4 Superserver package for Solaris 10 i386.
26-Jul-2008	Firebird Conference '08 Programme is Up
	The programme for the Firebird conference is now available. Click on speakers' names to view their profiles and topic outlines. If you are planning to be there (Bergamo, Italy, Sept. 25-27) then this is the last week for Early Bird registration discounts.
19-Jul-2008	Critical Patch Release Jaybird 2.1.6
	New Jaybird 2.1.6 patch release fixes two critical bugs affecting updates on tables having composite primary keys. It also adds support for access to the remote PID and process name in Firebird 2.1 monitoring tables.
18-Jul-2008	Feliz aniversário Dmitry!
	Happy birthday, Dmitry!
17-Jul-2008	On the Road to Piracicaba
	More than 500 participants, including our core team coordinator Dmitry Yemanov, are now heading to Piracicaba in south-east Brazil for this year's Firebird Developer Day on Saturday.
16-Jul-2008	Firebird 2.1.1 is Released
	The Firebird Team announces the release of Firebird 2.1.1, a patch release comprising fixes to bugs that have been reported since the v.2.1 release back in April. Download kits are available for Windows and Linux 64-bit and 32-bit and for MacOSX 32-bit and 64-bit i86 as well as PowerPC.
12-Jul-2008	Firebird 2.5 Alpha 1 is Ready to Test
	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. Do make a point of studying the release notes (available on-line and also in the download kits) as V.2.5 is to be a macro release introducing the architecture that will progress into Firebird 3 as full support for fine-grained multi-threading and SMP.
6-Jul-2008	2008 Sourceforge Community Choice Awards - Now Voting
	Firebird is again in the running for Sourceforge Community Choice awards. This year we have nominations in 3 categories: Best Project, Best Project for Enterprise and Most Likely to be the Next $1B Acquisition (yes, indeedy!). We scored two awards last year, along with a generous donation from the Sourceforge parent company. It all helps, folks, so roll along to the voting site with your SF username and password at the ready and let's see if we can do it again. Results announced later this month at OSCON.
4-Jul-2008	Firebird 1.5 Language Reference Update is Published
	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.
2-Jul-2008	What's in Firebird 2.5?
	"Work-in-Progress" release notes for the forthcoming Firebird 2.5 Alpha are available for browsing online.
30-Jun-2008	Fresh KInterbasDb 3.2.1 Patch Release
	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.
25-Jun-2008	Jaybird 2.1.5 Released
	The Jaybird team releases Jaybird 2.1.5 bugfix release fixing a regression introduced in v.2.1.4 concerning Events on Linux.
20-Jun-2008	Mac PPC Kits for Firebird 2.1.1 RC1 Added
	Classic and Superserver kits for release candidate 1 field testing on MacOSX PowerPC platform are available.
17-Jun-2008	Firebird 2.1.1 Release Candidate
	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.
16-Jun-2008	Jaybird 2.1.4 Released
	The Jaybird team is pleased to announce the Jaybird 2.1.4 bugfix release.
9-Jun-2008	New .NET Entity Framework Progressing Again
	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...
7-Jun-2008	Sourceforge Community Choice Nominations
	Sourceforge has announced the categories for its Community Choice Awards, the winners of which will be announced next month at OSCON. Last year Firebird got several nominations and won in two categories (Best Project for Enterprise and Best User Support). Can we do it again? Well, you have to be IN to WIN - so get hold of your SF id and password and head for the Nominations page.
23-May-2008	Firebird Conference Papers Deadline Extended
	The call for papers deadline for consideration of speakers and topics for the sixth international Firebird Conference in September has been extended to 15 June. Selection must be complete by the end of June, so please get drafts in as soon as possible!
14-May-2008	Firebird Conference 2008 Call for Papers
	Currently there is a call for papers with a deadline of 31 May so time is getting short. If you wish to present at the sixth international Firebird Conference at Bergamo, Italy, from 25-27 September, then act soon!
28-Apr-2008	Firebird 2.0.4 is Released
	The members of the Firebird Project announce the release of Firebird 2.0.4, a point release with fixes for several Nbackup problems. Forced writes on Linux will work with this version. Summary here, downloads here. Kits are starting to come through to some European mirrors. As usual, we ask for your patience if they are slow reaching your local mirror.
28-Apr-2008	Firebird 2.1 MacOSX PPC Kits are Back Online
	Firebird 2.1 MacOSX PowerPC kits are back online with a problem in the remote interface fixed.
18-Apr-2008	Firebird 2.1 is Released
	The members of the Firebird Project team are proud to announce the release of Firebird 2.1, a full release containing many sought-after new features including database monitoring, global temporary tables, database triggers and dozens of new internal functions. This release includes kits for 64-bit Windows and all MacOSX environments and constitutes our largest-ever platform coverage. Enjoy!         Details         Downloads As usual, we ask you to be patient if the kits are slow reaching the mirrors.
9-Apr-2008	Firebird 2.0.4 64bit for Solaris 10 AMD64
	Thanks to our porting fanatics Paul Beach and Alex Peshkov, an experimental build of Firebird 2.0.4 64bit for Solaris 10 AMD64 is available for download and testing.
3-Apr-2008	Firebird 2.0.4 Release Candidate 1 for Field Testing
	The Firebird Project team announces a release candidate for the Firebird 2.0.4 sub-release, now available to download and test on 32-bit Windows, 32-bit and AMD64 Linux and MacOSX for x86 and PPC. Please test it thoroughly and report your experiences (good or bad) back to the firebird-devel or the firebird-test list.
10-Mar-2008	Firebird 2.1 Release Candidate 2 Ready
	The Firebird Project team is happy to announce that download kits for the second (and hopefully, last) V.2.1 release candidate are now available for Windows and Linux 32-bit and 64-bit platforms. MacOSX Intel 32-bit are there, x64 still in QA, coming soon. You are invited to test it with as much rigour and vigor as you like and report your experiences (good or bad) back to the firebird-devel or the firebird-test list. As always, please be patient if the files you want haven't made it out to the mirrors at your first attempt.
6-Mar-2008	Alpha 2 Build of ADO.NET Data Provider Available for Testing
	A second Alpha build of the forthcoming FirebirdClient (ADO.NET Data Provider) for .NET 3.5/2.0 is released for field-testing. Mainly, this Alpha fixes some bugs. Development of the new Entity Framework support is still work-in-progress.
25-Feb-2008	Jaybird 2.1.3 Released
	Jaybird 2.1.3 release fixes a bug related to character case issues affecting the DatabaseMetaData class.
21-Feb-2008	Firebird 2.0.3 Superserver Released for Solaris x86
	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.
12-Feb-2008	64-bit V.2.1 RC1 Builds for MacOSX Intel
	Firebird 2.1 RC1 builds for MacOSX 10.5 x86 are ready to download and test.
9-Feb-2008	Rebuilt Firebird 2.0.3 MacOSX Superserver Kits
	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.
30-Jan-2008	Rebuilt Firebird 2.0.3 Ports for MacOSX on PowerPC
	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.
23-Jan-2008	Firebird 2.1 Release Candidate Ready
	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.
23-Jan-2008	Roadmap 2008
	Dmitry Yemanov introduces the new Roadmap for 2008.
23-Jan-2008	Windows Snapshots Resume
	Infrastructure problems are fixed and the Windows snapshots are again available.
17-Jan-2008	Rebuilt Firebird 2.0.3 Ports for MacOSX on Intel
	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.
11-Jan-2008	Jaybird 2.1.2 is Released
	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.
7-Jan-2008	Firebird 2.0.3 64-bit Port for HP-UX 11
	Paul Beach and Alex Peshkov release the port of Firebird 2.0.3 64-bit Classic for HP-UX 11 (PA-RISC 2.0). New link added to the Firebird 2.0.3 Downloads page.
19-Dec-2007	Firebird 2.0.3 Ports for MacOSX
	Paul Beach and Alex Peshkov release the ports of Firebird 2.0.3 Superserver and Classic for MacOSX x86 and PowerPC. New link added to the Firebird 2.0.3 Downloads page. Phew! Porting don't get furiouser than this! All this activity has been made possible by the recent generous donation of a spanking new Macbook to the Firebird Project by an anonymous donor.
18-Dec-2007	Firebird 1.5.5 Superserver Port for MacOSX PPC
	Paul Beach and Alex Peshkov release the port of Firebird 1.5.5 Superserver for MacOSX PowerPC. New link added to the Firebird 1.5.5 Downloads page.
14-Dec-2007	MacOSX Intel Port for Firebird 1.5.5 Classic
	Paul Beach and Alex Peshkov release the port of Firebird 1.5.5 for MacOSX Intel. New link added to the Firebird 1.5.5 Downloads page.
12-Dec-2007	Firebird 1.5.5 is Released
	The Firebird Project team is pleased to announce the release of Firebird 1.5.5. This bug-fix release adds no new features but addresses a few bugs and security issues that have turned up in the 11 months since v.1.5.4.
4-Dec-2007	Firebird 1.5.5 Release Candidate Available
	A release candidate for Firebird 1.5.5 is available for testing.
1-Dec-2007	Firebird is Sourceforge Project of the Month
	December is Firebird's turn to be Project of the Month at Sourceforge.
26-Nov-2007	FirebirdClient 2.1.0 for .NET 2.0 Released
	The FirebirdClient 2.1.0 for .NET 2.0 is available for download.
22-Nov-2007	Firebird Russian Conference
	The second Russian Firebird and Interbase conference starts tomorrow in Moscow. It's the largest developer event for our Russian-speaking community - last year 200 people attended. Our core developers Dmitry Yemanov, Alex Peshkov and Vlad Horsun will be speakers, along with many other familiar names.
06-Nov-2007	New Mandriva Live CD with Firebird
	Philippe Makowski today put up a new ISO and MD5-key for Mandriva Live (bootable) CD with Firebird 2.0.3 and related extras. Download links are on the Firebird 2.03 Downloads page.
21-Oct-2007	2007 Firebird Conference is Over
	The fifth international Firebird Conference in Hamburg, Germany, is over. Links to blogs and pictures.
18-Oct-2007	Conference and Latest V.2.1 Beta Set Sail
	The Firebird Project team is happy to announce that download kits for the second V.2.1 Beta release are now available, coinciding with the start of the fifth international Firebird Conference in Hamburg, Germany.
05-Oct-2007	Firebird in My Pocket
	Roman Rokytskyy discovers something familiar while sniffing around his mobile Internet configuration...
26-Sep-2007	Firebird v.2.0.3 is Released
	The Firebird Project team is pleased to announce the release of Firebird v.2.0.3. Kits for Windows and Linux (x86 and x64) are in the Sourceforge repository and should start to appear throughout the day. Enjoy!
20-Sep-2007	Firebird Conference Early Bird Discounts End TODAY
	Time is running out to save money through early bird registration to attend the 5th International Firebird Conference 2007 in Hamburg, Germany, Oct. 18-20. Grab the programme and registration form HERE. Perk for Foundation members: Early Bird prices for registration can be claimed until Oct. 10 if your membership is current. Check your status.
17-Sep-2007	And the Winner is ---
	For those who are curious to see the trophies we won in the recent Sourceforge.net Community Choice awards, there's a photo to view. The gizmos make horrible noises. The engraved marble plinths weigh 2 Kgs each...
12-Sep-2007	Mandriva Live CD with Firebird
	A Mandriva Live CD with Firebird has been compiled by Our Man in Mandriva, Philippe Makowski. Current version has Mandriva 2007.1, Firebird 2.0.1 Classic, Flamerobin, Ibwebadmin and kinterbasdb. More info and download links at the Firebird Downloads page
05-Sep-2007	Firebird 2.0.3 Release Candidate 1 is Ready for Testing
	And here is the promised Release Candidate for Firebird 2.0.3. Testers, please give it a good soaking and report problems to Firebird-devel.
31-Aug-2007	Firebird 2.0.2 is Recalled
	The Firebird 2.0.2 release has been recalled due to a significant regression that has shown up (Tracker Issue CORE-1434). Our sincere apologies for the inconvenience. A release candidate for v.2.0.3 will follow shortly.
30-Aug-2007	RC 2 of ADO.NET Data Provider for MS .NET 2.0 and Mono
	FirebirdClient v2.1.0 Release Candidate 2, ADO.NET Data Provider for Microsoft .NET 2.0 and Mono, is available for download. The installer of this version has been built using Wix. If all goes well, this will be the last release candidate.
28-Aug-2007	New Firebird Events Page
	We have a new page on this site for listing and reading about forthcoming events (conferences, seminars, etc.) that have Firebird on the programme. The IBSurgeon support team has offered to be the central contact for listings, so roll your event details in their direction. To access this page regularly, click on the Resources link in the top menu.
24-Aug-2007	Firebird 2.0.2 is Released
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24-Aug-2007	Slight Delay with Snapshots
	New snapshot builds will be unavailable over the weekend and possibly until Tuesday GMT, due to an infrastructure problem. Sorry!
09-Aug-2007	KInterbasDB Leader Drowns
	It was with sorrow that we learned of the death last month of David S. Rushby, aged 27, in a drowning accident in the Black Sea at Anapa, Russia. David has been the sole developer and maintainer of our KInterbasDB Python interface for some years. For the last nine months he worked as project manager in the information technology division of Tander, Inc. in Krasnodar, Russia. Our sympathies to his parents, Mr and Mrs W. F. Rushby, of Blue Grass, VA, U.S.A., and family. Obituary.
30-Jul-2007	Firebird at EKON11 Conference in September
	Firebird is to have a two-part slot in this year's Entwickler Konferenz in Frankfurt, Germany. EKON runs in parallel with the all-Europe Codegear (Borland) Developer Conference at the end of September, but our presenter, Thomas Steinmaurer, assures us that this double session will be pure Firebird, unfettered by any requirement to merge tracks with any Codegear products.
30-Jul-2007	.. Official Winner List
	The official announcements for the Sourceforge Community Choice Awards are up now, HERE.
27-Jul-2007	Firebird's a Double Winner!
	Firebird scooped up two of the Sourceforge Community Choice Awards, announced today (US time) at the OSCON CCA Awards party. Firebird wins in the Best Project for the Enterprise and Best User Support categories. The announcements are not up yet but a guy called Matt Aslay posted the results to the blogs at news.com. We understand a recognition will be coming our way in the form of a donation to the Foundation.
23-Jul-2007	Fifth International Firebird Conference October
	H-K Software is staging this year's conference in Hamburg, Germany, from October 18 to 20. Currently speakers are being called to submit papers, either live or as a digital presentation on DVD. Submit 30-minute or 60-minute session proposals here in English or German by August 15. Questions, email info -AT- h-k.de
17-Jul-2007	500 Firebird Developers at FDD
	More than 500 attended the fourth Firebird Developers' Day in Piracicaba, Brazil last weekend. Full report with pictures.
09-Jul-2007	Tracker Unscheduled Downtime
	Due to some trouble we ran into with the batch update, we have to take the tracker off-line for short maintenance. But, as we have some other larger maintenance in pipeline, we'll take this unscheduled opportunity to do it all at once. So the tracker will be down for several hours now (in the worst case, for the rest of today). -- Tracker Admins
06-Jul-2007	Firebird a Sourceforge CCA Finalist in 4 Categories
	Firebird is a finalist in four categories of the Sourceforge Community Choice Awards beanfest for 2007. For once, we're not looking at a spitting contest for database engine groupies: in each category the Firebird project is up against 9 other projects all selected for excellence from hundreds of thousands of SF projects. Categories are Best Tool or Utility, Best Project for the Enterprise, Best User Support and Best Project Overall. Voting is open until July 20 so take this opportunity to credit Firebird with your recognition. Full details and links here.
06-Jul-2007	Firebird Rendez-vous in Amiens, France
	There will be a Firebird Rendez-vous at the Libre Software Meeting in Amiens next Thursday, July 12. If you cannot be there, there will be a video broadcast. More information here. Some sessions will be in English, others in French.
30-Jun-2007	Firebird 2.1 Beta 1 Ready for Field Testing
	The Firebird team is pleased to announce that the first Beta builds of Firebird V.2.1 are ready for testing. Binary and source kits for Linux and and some Win64 and Win32 kits should start appearing at the Sourceforge mirrors today. Read Release Notes here.
13-06-2007	Sourceforge Mail Lists are Down
	Most of our Sourceforge-based mail list forums have been either down or severely delayed for up to 3 days. We have submitted a support request so please hold your breath.--Admins
23-Apr-2007	ALERT Tracker Scheduled Down-time
	Our Tracker site will be taken down for a scheduled upgrade this coming Saturday, April 28, at 0800 GMT, for approximately six hours.
20-Apr-2007	Firebird .NET Provider Docs
	The author of the DotNetFirebird and FirebirdTutorial docs for users of the .NET providers, Dan Letecky, has closed down his websites and donated his marvellous collection of material to the Project. Dan also transferred the dotnetfirebird.org and firebirdtutorial.net domains to us so the good news is that, as from today, your old links to these materials will work, viz. http://[www.]dotnetfirebird.org and http://[www.]firebirdtutorial.net. Of course, you can also get to them through internal links: dotnetfirebird and firebirdtutorial.
08-Apr-2007	Firebird DDEX Provider 2.0.2 Released
	Firebird DDEX provider v.2.0.2 is available for download. This release is built against the final Visual Studio 2005 SDK (February 2007).
28-Mar-2007	Firebird 2.1 Alpha 1 Ready for Field Testing
	The Firebird team is pleased to announce that the first Alpha builds of Firebird V.2.1 are ready for testing. Binary and source kits for Linux and and some Win64 and Win32 kits should start appearing at the Sourceforge mirrors today. For a summary of new features and bug fixes, see HERE.
21-Mar-2007	Firebird 2.0.1 Released
	The Firebird team is pleased to announce the latest Firebird 2 sub-release, V.2.0.1. Binary and source kits for Linux and Windows should start appearing at the Sourceforge mirrors today. Details here.
5-Mar-2007	Firebird 2.0.1 Release Candidate 2 for Testing
	The Firebird team placed Windows and Linux kits of Firebird 2.0.1 release candidate 2 in the pre-release area. Feedback to the Firebird-devel or Firebird-test forums, please. [Now defunct]
11-Feb-2007	New Firebird .NET Beta
	FirebirdClient v2.1.0 Beta 2, ADO.NET Data Provider for Microsoft .NET 2.0, and Mono is available for download.
8-Feb-2007	Firebird 1.5.4 is Released
	The Firebird team is pleased to announce that v.1.5.4 of Firebird for Windows and Linux is now released and awaiting your pleasure. Kits should be available from many sites today and more over the weekend. A number of additional retrospective fixes have been introduced for bugs that became apparent and were fixed in the Firebird 2 tree during the Firebird 2.0 beta cycle. This is probably the final sub-release of Firebird 1.5.x. It adds no new functionality, although building the software for both Classic and SuperServer for HP-UX11 is now supported.
26-Jan-2007	Firebird 2.0.1 Release Candidate 1 for Testing
	The Firebird team has placed Windows and Linux kits of a Firebird 2.0.1 release candidate in the pre-release area. [05-Mar-2007 now extinct]
11-Jan-2007	The Code is On the Move
	Dmitry Yemanov today posted to the Firebird-devel list his proposals for merging the Firebird 2 code with the Vulcan code. If you are interested in how it will be done and who will be doing it, subscribe to the list and watch the thread entitled "Merge Proposal".
28-Dec-2006	Firebird 1.5.4 Release Candidate 1
	Pre-release builds of a release candidate for Firebird 1.5.4 are ready for testing.
21-Dec-2006	New Jaybird Bugfix Release 2.1.1
	The Jaybird team announces a new sub-release v.2.1.1 of the JDBC driver with a number of bugfixes.
20-Dec-2006	Firebird Team Publishes 2007 Roadmap
	Project Coordinator Dmitry Yemanov has put up the Firebird team's Roadmap for 2007.
20-Nov-2006	Planned Tracker Downtime
	At 21:30 21/11/2006 GMT the Firebird Tracker service will be unavailable, for database upgrade.
13-Nov-2006	Quick Start Guide for Firebird 2.0
	The Firebird Docs sub-project has published the Firebird 2.0 version of the Quick Start Guide. It is available on-line as a web document or you can download it from our FTP area as a PDF file. Thanks to Paul Vinkenoog for his stupendous effort in getting this update ready for the release of Firebird 2.0.
12-Nov-2006	Firebird 2.0 is Released
	The Firebird Project proudly announces the release of Firebird 2.0 at the opening session of the fourth annual Firebird Conference in Prague, Czech Republic. Binaries are available now for 32-bit Windows, 32-bit Linux and 64-bit Linux (AMD64 and EM64T).
12-Nov-2006	Firebird Conference Begins
	The fourth international Firebird Conference begins today. First papers at 12:30 p.m. GMT, opening session at about 6:00 p.m. GMT
08-Oct-2006	Rebuilt Firebird 2.0 RC5 Windows Kits Now Available
	Rebuilt Windows kits are now available and are making their way to the mirrors.
05-Oct-2006	Firebird 2.0 RC5 Windows Builds Pulled
	After the release a serious error was discovered in the Windows builds for Release Candidate 5 - a library was built wrongly. The links have been temporarily removed until repaired builds are available. More details...
04-Oct-2006	Firebird 2.0 Release Candidate 5 is Out
	The Firebird 2.0 RC5 kits have been released and are making their way to the surface right now. It will take a day or two for all kits to percolate through to the mirrors so please be patient about any page errors!.
22-Sep-2006	New 'Really Useful' Article
	Henrique Netska shares a Delphi technique he has worked out for converting data from foreign databases to Firebird.
8-Sep-2006	Firebird Conference 2006 Initial Programme
	..has been released on the Conference pages. It's a tightly-drawn selection of highly interesting topics with something for everyone. Notice that, this year, several papers will be presented on the Sunday afternoon, in advance of the Welcome session in the evening.
13-Aug-2006	Firebird 2.0 Release Candidate 4
	We are pleased to invite you to download your preferred binary kit for Firebird 2 Release Candidate 4. Though very close, this is still a field-testing release. Please check any problem areas you encountered in RC 3 and report to the Firebird-devel list without delay if something isn't working as you expect. Please note also that this release will NOT become the final one, due to an issue that appeared after these builds were made.
2-Jul-2006	Firebird 2.0 Release Candidate 3
	We are pleased to invite you to download your preferred binary kit for Firebird 2 Release Candidate 3. You are reminded that, though very close, this is still a field-testing release. Please check any problem areas you encountered in RC 2 and report to the Firebird-devel list without delay if something isn't working as you expect.
22-Jun-2006	New Issue Tracker is OPEN FOR BUSINESS
	The Firebird Project is pleased to announce that the new Jira Issue Tracker is open for business. Take your time to work your way around the interface, check existing issues and prepare to post any all-new ones.
21-Jun-2006	New Issue Tracker
	The old Sourceforge bug trackers are being replaced with a new issue tracker implemented with JIRA. The new tracker is hosted on a new server, using Firebird as its database engine, naturally! All of the Sourceforge tracker data has been converted and those trackers have been closed. Some time during the next day or so we will update here and in the lists to give you the URL links for the new tracker site. Big thanks to Dimitrios Ioannidis and Pavel Cisar for installing the new tracker, configuring it for Firebird and fitting it to the project's needs and, not least, for doing the big job on the data conversion.
20-June-2006	Firebird Website Moves House
	Finally we have moved to our new server in Canada, thanks to the generosity of Broadview Software. More news shortly about our other new server, running a Firebird back-end and our new tracker system.
2-June-2006	Firebird Conference 2006 Call for Papers & Sponsors
	The Foundation is calling for papers and sponsors for the 2006 Firebird Conference in Prague, November 12-14.
30-May-2006	IB Developer Magazine #4
	Full issue with bonus article is now available for download for $9.95 US. Preview available for free. Issue will be released later for free download, minus bonus article. Links here.
19-May-2006	Firebird 2.0 RC2 Windows Kits...
	..are now showing up in some of the mirrors. Links here.
16-May-2006	Firebird 2.0 Release Candidate 2 is Released
	The Firebird Project is pleased to announce the second release candidate of Firebird 2.0, for final testing. The Source tarball and the binary kits for Linux have been uploaded and should be available soon. There will be a delay with the Windows kits so please be patient.
30-March-2006	Firebird 2.0 Release Candidate 1 is Released
	The Firebird Project is pleased to announce the release of the first release candidate of Firebird 2.0, for final testing. Download kits are available for Windows and Linux, including x64 Linux. However, due to hardware failure on the Windows build system, there will be initial delays in accessing the Win32 kits. Patience please!
26-March-2006	New Developers' Journal Starts
	Dmitry Yemanov launches a Developers' Journal where you can catch the latest comments from the core developers about how things are going.
6-March-2006	Carlos Cantu's 2-Minute Guide
	Carlos Cantu publishes a new "quick-look" guide to Firebird's features and capabilities -- Firebird 2-Minute Guide. Several non-English translations are available.
19-February-2006	Jim Starkey Sells Netfrastructure to MySQL AB and Moves On
	Today Jim Starkey, who led the original Vulcan fork of Firebird, announced that he has sold his Netfrastructure web software business to MySQL AB and will be taking up a full-time job as a developer for the MySQL company. Jim won't be a regular code contributor around Firebird any more, but he has promised he'll still be around to post the occasional "wolf-gram" in Firebird-Architect. We in the Firebird Project wish Jim all the best for what looks like an interesting turn in his career.
11-February-2006	Firebird and SQL Standards Conformance
	Dmitry Yemanov has assembled a list of mandatory and optional features defined by the SQL standards and marks how (or if) each one is supported by Firebird versions.
10-February-2006	Firebird 2.0 Second Beta is Released
	The Firebird Project is pleased to announce the release of the second Beta of Firebird 2.0, for testing. Download kits are available for Windows and Linux, including x64 Linux. Happy testing!
27-January-2006	New Job Board for Firebird Folk
	A new Yahoogroups list has been set up to help get Firebird developers and prospective employers in touch. It would be a good place to post if you have voluntary skills you'd like to share with the project, too. Click to go to the list's home page.
26-January-2006	Firebird 2.0 Update
	--from Dmitry Yemanov (Coordinator) Currently we are preparing the Beta 2 release. The CVS tree has been tagged and the Release Notes are being updated. The binaries will be packaged soon. It was intended to release it earlier, but there were a few issues that needed fixing first. Also the final V1.5.3 release also needed to be done. If nothing critical is reported in the near future, we expect that the next official build will be Release Candidate 1. Once we reach Release Candidate we plan to fix regressions only. Once RC1 has been released the developers will switch their attention to the Vulcan merge and new features and improvements for Firebird 3.
24-January-2006	Firebird 1.5.3 Released
	The Firebird Project is pleased to announce the Firebird 1.5.3 release, representing a year of bug fixes and minor enhancements, many back-ported from the Firebird 2.0 developments. Kits are available for Windows and Linux.
15-December-2005	Firebird 1.5.3 Release Candidate 3
	The Firebird Project is pleased to announce the (hopefully final) release candidate for the forthcoming Firebird 1.5.3 release, for testing.
5-December-2005	Jaybird 2.0.1 is Released
	Roman Rokytskyy announces the Jaybird sub-release v.2.0.1, that fixes a bug that caused a null pointer exception. Download H E R E.
5-December-2005	Issue #3 of the eMag is Published
	Issue #3 of Aleksey Kovjazin's magazine for Firebird and InterBase developers is now out, a free download from www.ibdeveloper.com. The lead article this time is from Roman Rokytskyy, on full-text searching. This issue also describes a TPC test system being built by Aleksey and his team, for use by everyone interested.
27-November-2005	Firebird's Future Development
	For those who missed the presentation of Firebird Project Coordinator Dmitry Yemanov's conference white paper about what's happening now and through the next year or so with Firebird development, you can pick it up now. Just click this link. Includes a long-view roadmap and features summary for planned future releases.
21-November-2005	Corrected Firebird 2 Beta Release Notes
	The kits went out with wrong links for bug-reporting in the release notes. An updated version of the release notes can be downloaded on this page. Scroll down to the Release Notes section.
14-November-2005	Dispatch from Prague
	The Firebird Foundation celebrates its 3rd birthday at the Firebird Conference in Prague. Picture here.
11-November-2005	Firebird 2.0 First Beta is Released
	The Firebird Project is pleased to announce the release of the first Beta of Firebird 2.0, for testing. Download kits are available for Windows and Linux. Happy testing!
10-November-2005	Getting Around in Prague: UPDATE
	Some more details have been added to help you find the conference hotel: read it here.
21-October-2005	Getting Around in Prague
	If you're going to the Firebird Conference next month and want advice about currency, airport transport, etc., read it here.
17-October-2005	Issue #2 of the IBFD eMag is Out
	Issue #2 of the "InterBase and Firebird Developer Magazine" is now out, a free download from www.ibdeveloper.com. The lead article this time is from Ann Harrison, on locking.
05-October-2005	c't Database Programming Contest
	Thanks to Heiko Tappe and courtesy of the authors, we now have an English translation of the specs for the Database Programming Contest being run by the German developer magazine, c't. Specs and all required links are HERE.
04-October-2005	Firebird 1.5.3 Release Candidate 2
	The Firebird Project is pleased to announce the second -- hopefully last -- release candidate for the forthcoming Firebird 1.5.3 release, for testing. Download kits are available for Windows and Linux.
23-September-2005	Firebird Conference Programme
	The programme for the Firebird Conference in Prague is now up. ONLY 7 MORE DAYS to save money by registering early!
21-September-2005	Firebird Conference Speakers and Papers
	The list of speakers and their papers for the Firebird Conference in Prague is now up HERE. Don't forget, you'll save around 20 percent by registering by the end of this month - ONLY 9 MORE DAYS!
21-September-2005	Firebird Global Usage Survey
	We would like to invite you to answer the "Firebird Global Usage Survey". The purpose of this survey is to find out how and where Firebird is being used all around the world. Survey ends in 10 days. Please spread the news about this survey among people and sites related to Firebird.
1-September-2005	eMag for Firebird and IB Developers
	The first issue of the "Interbase and Firebird Developer Magazine" contains in-depth articles from the experts, including Firebird core developer/coordinator Dmitry Yemanov. This issue is a free download from www.ibdeveloper.com. And, yes, despite its unfortunate name, it is mostly about Firebird!
17-August-2005	Firebird 1.5.3 Release Candidate 1
	The Firebird Project is pleased to announce a release candidate for the forthcoming Firebird 1.5.3 release, for testing. Download kits are available for Windows and Linux.
04-August-2005	Firebird 2 Alpha 3 Linux Builds are available
	The Firebird Project is pleased to announce that regular and NTPL Linux builds of Firebird 2 Alpha 3 are now ready for testers to download. Read the general notes on page 2 of the Alpha 3 release notes carefully FIRST!
20-July-2005	Firebird 2 Alpha 3 released to testers
	The Firebird Project is pleased to announce that Win32 builds of Firebird 2 Alpha 3 are now ready for download. Read the general notes on page 2 of the Alpha 3 release notes carefully FIRST! Particularly, try out the new international language support that has been introduced in this alpha.
01-June-2005	Conference 2005 - Calls for Papers and Sponsors
	Firebird Conference 2005 now has a web page (this will grow into a site!). Currently, the Foundation is calling for speakers to submit outlines for proposed papers and for sponsors to help pay for it all. -- Firebird Foundation
06-May-2005	Firebird World Conference 2005
	The world-wide Firebird Conference will take place at the Hotel Olsanka in Prague, Czech Republic, from the evening of Sunday, November 13 (opening session) until the evening of Tuesday, November 15 (closing session). There will be a dedicated web-page once we have more details to announce. -- Firebird Foundation
05-May-2005	Firebird 2.0 Alpha-02 Release
	The Firebird Project is pleased to announce the release today of the second round of Firebird 2.0 public Alpha kits for immediate download and testing. This version of Firebird 2 is an alpha version, meant for field testing only and not for use in production. All changes and new features are subject to further change and/or withdrawal in subsequent alpha and beta releases, leading up to final release. Do not assume that databases created by or upgraded to the on-disk structure of this alpha will be upwardly compatible with subsequent test builds/releases. Bugs, problems, etc. can be posted to the Field Test bug tracker or to the Firebird Development List. Firebird 2 release contains a large number of new features. Alpha 2 includes fixes for several problems that showed up in the testing of Alpha 1. Please read the Release Notes for more details. Downloads of builds for Linux-i686 and Win32 are currently available. Feedback, input and comments re this release will be appreciated. -- Firebird Project
20-Apr-2005	Firebird 1.5 for HP-UX 11 released
	Full release of Firebird Classic 1.5.0 build 4290 for HP-UX 11 is now available for download. May not be immediately available from some mirrors. (Port contributed by Paul Beach, IBPhoenix).
05-Apr-2005	Firebird 2.0 Alpha-01 Releasenotes in French
	Release notes for the v.2.0 Alpha are now available in French, here.
21-Mar-2005	Firebird 2.0 Alpha-01 Release
	The Firebird Project is pleased to announce the release today of the first Firebird 2.0 public Alpha kits for immediate download and testing. This version of Firebird 2 is an alpha version, meant for field testing only and not for use in production. All changes and new features are subject to further change and/or withdrawal in subsequent alpha and beta releases, leading up to final release. Do not assume that databases created by or upgraded to the on-disk structure of this alpha will be upwardly compatible with subsequent test builds/releases. Bugs, problems, etc. can be posted to the Field Test bug tracker or to the Firebird Development List. This release contains a large number of new features, including derived tables, support for Execute Block, increased table sizes, new improved index code (the 252-byte index length limit is no longer applicable), expression indices, numerous optimiser improvements, enhanced security features, support for on-line incremental backups along with numerous other improvements and bug fixes. Please read the Release Notes for more details. Downloads of builds for Linux-i686 and Win32 are currently available, with others to follow soon. Feedback, input and comments re this release will be appreciated, as they will help to speed up the cycle for the full Firebird 2.0 release. Happy testing! -- Firebird Project
08-Mar-2005	Firebird 2.0 Call for testers
	The Firebird Project will soon be releasing the first public 'alpha' release of Firebird 2.0. Version 2.0 is a long-awaited important major release of Firebird with many new features, enhancements and bugfixes. In number of changes, the jump in this release is equivalent if not greater than the transition from version 1.0 to version 1.5. You know that we care about quality, and that we will not release the final version 2.0 until it meets our strict QA requirements. For version 1.5, it took about a year before we were satisfied. But this time we are in a slightly different situation.. Read more
19-Jan-2005	AMD64 Builds of Firebird 1.5.2 are recalled
	Because some potential corruption problems have shown up with pre-existing databases on the AMD64 Linux installations of Firebird 1.5.2, the kits have been recalled to the pre-release area for further testing.
02-Jan-2005	Firebird ADO.NET Data Provider 1.7 Beta 3
	Release notes: (Please read the Changelog for details) Bug fixes Design Time support: Fixed DTE creation when there are more than one Visual Studio instance. Fixed problems when trying to add more than one FbDataAdapter at design time using the Wizard. General: Fixed globalization issues. Fixed bug on StatementBase.Release method. Fixed .NET Encoding class usage. Fixed incorrect chck in the FbCommandBuilder class. Fixed FbDataReader.GetString calls when the field has BIGINT data type. Initial support for Guid data type (Mapped to a CHAR(16) CHARACTER OCTETS field in firebird) Added initial DDL autocommit support to the FbbatchExecution class.
26-Dec-2004	Firebird 1.5.2 is Released
	The full release of Firebird 1.5.2 for Linux and Windows has been placed into the production download area. For links to your preferred kit, please visit the Downloads page. These kits are the same build (4731) that was released as RC5. Release notes are here. Enjoy !!
25-Dec-2004	Pre-release binary kits for HPUX-11, Solaris Sparc
	Firebird v.1.5 release candidate Classic kits for HPUX-11 and Solaris Sparc platforms, along with v.1.0.3 Superserver and Classic kits for Solaris Sparc, are ready for download and testing in the pre-release area. The HPUX port is by Paul Beach, the Solaris ports by Huw Jones.
13-Dec-2004	Firebird 1.5.2 RC 5 is here
	Latest--and hopefully last--beta build (4731) of Firebird 1.5.2 is now available in our pre-release area for download and final testing. Updated point release notes can be read on-line or downloaded. Please submit any problem descriptions directly to the firebird-devel list (subscribe here): we don't want beta problems in the bug tracker.
05-Dec-2004	Jaybird JDBC/JCA Driver v.1.5.5 released
	The latest Jaybird driver point release 1.5.5 is now available. Details are here. If there are no showstoppers in this version, it will be the last v.1.5 point release. Coming next will be v.1.6, with Services API support.
04-Dec-2004	Firebird ADO.NET Data Provider 1.7 Beta 2
	The Firebird ADO.NET Data Provider 1.7 Beta 2 is available for download and testing. It fixes a number of bug issues and includes a new Wizard Framework to simplify the development of design time wizards and a configuration wizard for the FbDataAdapter class. More...
04-Dec-2004	Firebird 1.5.2 Release Candidate 4...
	..is ready in the pre-release area for download and testing. Feed back directly to firebird-devel on any new problems encountered, please.
27-Nov-2004	Problems in Firebird 1.5.2 RC 3
	Some minor new problems showed up in the Release Candidate 3 build. Release candidate 4 will follow shortly. Meanwhile, point release notes v.0152_08 are available online in English and for download in English and German.
22-Nov-2004	Firebird 1.5.2 RC3 is ready for testing
	Release candidate 3 of Firebird 1.5.2 is now ready in the pre-release area for download and testing. Point release notes v.0152_08 are available online in English and for download in both English and German.
20-Nov-2004	FlameRobin has Moved!
	The FlameRobin project has now moved to its own home site on Sourceforge. All future releases will happen under the flamerobin SF project name. Those previously monitoring the package by way of the old fbmanager project will need to re-register your interest. The new Alpha 0.2 package is identical to the one released earlier in the week, so there is no need to download anything again. Anyone subscribed to our current mailing lists should unsubscribe and re-subscribe to the new lists here.
16-Nov-2004	FlameRobin Alpha 0.2 Binaries released
	Download the latest FlameRobin Alpha 0.2 kits for all platforms.
31-Oct-2004	Firebird 1.5.2 Release Candidate 1 is available for download
	Note this is a "Release Candidate", not an official release. We would like people to help test this before official release. Any comments issues, problems etc should be reported to the Firebird development list (not the bug tracker!). Builds can be downloaded from the pre-release area. Windows, Linux, Linux NPTL and 64 bit Linux kits are all available under the appropriate subdirectories. You can read details of bug fixes and enhancements in this release in the on-line release notes. Also included are some important notes for those of you who want to test the Linux NPTL builds. The latest notes include fixes not in RC1 but present in the unreleased RC2 or RC3 builds. This release includes a fix for a known problem with events that caused the server to hog CPU after an abnormal termination under some conditions. If you who have experienced this bug, please test 1.5.2 and make sure that the problem has been resolved.
26-Oct-2004	re NPTL kit for Superserver on Linux
	The NPTL (Native Posix Thread Library) Superserver for Linux build referred to in the release notes should be used if you are installing SS on Fedora Core or other Linuxen that use the New POSIX Threading Library (NPTL).
26-Oct-2004	Firebird JCA/JDBC driver bugfix 1.5.4 released
	Jaybird 1.5.4 bugfix release can be downloaded here. Includes some patches submitted by Gabriel Reid.
19-Sep-2004	Firebird ADO.NET Data Provider 1.7 Alpha 3 release
	The Firebird ADO.NET Data Provider 1.7 Alpha 3 is available for download Release notes: Alpha 3 ( 2004-09-19 ) ( Please, see the changelog for details ) Bug Fixes. Fixed bug #1015453. Fixed bug #1017108. Fixed execution of unicode sql commands (that doesn't use parameters) when working with the embedded server. Improvements and bugfixes in the connection pooling implementation. Added a new FbConnectionStringBuilder class. FbConnectionString class is now internal. Reworked the usage (internal) of database and service parameter buffers and added new ones for blobs and transactions. Improved information request made to the server (server version, statement type and number of rows affected by a insert, delete or update command) Added some improvements in the database schema stuff. Added changes to the FbDataReader.GetSchemaTable method to avoid schema command execution when the field doesn't belong to a firebird table.
17-Sep-2004	Firebird JCA/JDBC Driver bugfix 1.5.1 released
10-Sep-2004	Firebird ADO.NET Data Provider 1.6.2 released
	The Firebird ADO.NET Data Provider 1.6.2 is available for download. Release notes: 1.6.2 ( 2004-09-10 ) Bug Fixes (Please review the changelog for details) Fixed bug #1017108 Fixed bug #1015453 Fixed bug #1013031 Fixed connection pooling that was non working properly. Minor fixes to the unicode database support when working with the embedded server. Better fit to ADO.NET in the FbDataReader class. Added some improvements in the database schema stuff.
30-Aug-2004	Firebird JCA/JDBC Driver v 1.5.0 released
	What's new in JayBird 1.5 The newest release features full JDBC 2.0 compatibility (passed JDBC CTS 1.3.1 suite), new JDBC and X/Open specification features and a group of Firebird-specific interface features. The Type 2 driver support now enables use of all of the supported Firebird client models, including Windows embedded server. This driver can also be used with InterBase 6.5 and 7.0. The JDBC connection pool has been completely reimplemented, with multi-threaded connections, prepared statement caching and more enhancements. Full details are here.
25-Aug-2004	Notes re Firebird 1.5.1 Documentation
	Release Notes Two Release Notes documents are applicable to Firebird 1.5.1: Firebird_v1.5.ReleaseNotes.pdf, the release notes that were distributed with the initial full 1.5 release Firebird_v1.5.1.ReleaseNotes.pdf contains a list, with brief descriptions, of changes implemented in v.1.5.1. It also has a list of errata regarding the full release notes document. Both documents are in Win32 installer kits and will be installed in the \doc directory beneath FirebirdRoot. The main (v.1.5) document may have been omitted from some Linux kits. It is available here, in several languages. Windows Embedded Server Notes The v.1.5.1 release kit for Windows embedded went out with a serious mistake in the file \doc\README_embedded.txt. The mistake was corrected on August 11 and the corrected file was visible in the CVS viewer on Aug.15. To be sure you have the right info, go to the firebird2/doc branch and select the files tagged "B1_5_Release". The version number of the corrected file is 1.1.2.3.