Firebird 3.0.4 sub-release is available

Firebird Project is happy to announce general availability of Firebird 3.0.4 — the 4th point release in the Firebird 3.0 series.

This sub-release offers many bug fixes and also adds a few improvements, please refer to the Release Notes for the full list of changes. Binary kits for Windows, Linux and Android platforms are immediately available for download, Mac OS kits will follow shortly.

Firebird Visual Studio 2017 builds are added to AppVeyor

Firebird Visual Studio 2017 builds are added to AppVeyor for x64 and x86 Platforms

Firebird has now automatic Windows builds with AppVeyor

Firebird has now AppVeyor CI builds, like we have them with travis, but

AppVeyor is for Windows related compilers (Visual Studio)


https://ci.appveyor.com/project/FirebirdSQL/firebird

Firebird 4.0: Time zone feature documentation

Via Firebird-devel : Here is the first README version for the time zone feature in Firebird 4.0

https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/firebird/blob/work/time-zone-support/doc/sql.extensions/README.time_zone.md

LibreOffice is now available for Haiku

LibreOffice is working and already can be installed via HaikuDepot.

Here is the full announcement

https://discuss.haiku-os.org/t/libreoffice-is-now-available-for-haiku/6917

C++ the Newest Old Language : presentation by Matt Godbolt (GOTO Chicago 2018)

This presentation was recorded at GOTO Chicago 2018 C++ is an old language only used by the unfortunate few that absolutely have to, right? Wrong! C++ is not the language it used to be: clunky, error-prone and lacking in tooling. A lot has changed in the last decade: three new language revisions, new compilers and all-new: [...] Download slides and read the full abstract here: https://gotochgo.com/2018/sessions/359

Vote for Firebird as Sourceforge Project of the month (May 2018)

Sourceforge is running a poll to elect its May’s Project of the Month, and Firebird is among the candidates.


To vote, you need to have an account (it is free to register) at sourceforge.net and go to this URL, and comment with the following line:

VOTE: firebird