Subject Re: [Firebird-general] Re: Where is Firebird 2.0 announcement?
Author marius popa
On 10/10/05, Svein Erling Tysvær
<svein.erling.tysvaer@...> wrote:
> Hi Marcello!
>
> Admittedly, I did like the information about latest releases on
> www.postgresql.org. Though, like us, they just put stable releases up
> there, the beta for 8.1 is a different link.
>
> I think a newcomer should start with a stable release, i.e. Firebird
> 1.5 (or Firebird 1.0). Firebird 2.0 is in alpha state (hopefully soon
> to be beta). Newbies have to start by learning the basics, and there
> is no place for newbie questions for experimental versions
> (firebird-support is currently Firebird 1.5 or older and
> firebird-devel or similar is not for newbies).
>
> It did take me a couple of clicks to get to Firebird 1.0.3, but it
> wasn't too difficult. And 2.0 is also just a couple of clicks away.
>
> Though my 0.02 kr is less worth than your euro,
> Set
>
> --- In Firebird-general@yahoogroups.com, Marcello Mannino wrote:
> > Shouldn't some kind of news, such as major releases status, be
> > sticky? A new user that visits Firebird's home page expects to find
> > references to all main unstable and stable releases. How is he
> > supposed to know about 2.0 (alpha) existence?
> > Check as an exemple the "Latest releases" box at
> > http://www.postgresql.org/
> > or the whole home page at http://httpd.apache.org/
Is Not quite on front page as Svein said . Remember this is an
development build/testing release and it should remain in development
area (a little bit hidden) until all bugs are squished , Google
returns a lot of download links for firebird 2.0

http://www.google.ro/search?q=Firebird+2.0

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