[ Thanks to mariuz for this release.
]
The Firebird Project
is pleased to announce the release 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.