| Subject | Re: [ib-support] AIX + IB6 ??? |
|---|---|
| Author | Paul Reeves |
| Post date | 2001-01-09T20:56:30Z |
Paul Schmidt wrote:
situation:
1/ Completed
Your idea on this may differ to mine, but generally the Linux and Win32 builds
are considered to be completed in that we trust them sufficiently over the
so-called official versions from Borland. However, they are still under
development and we are not yet calling them Firebird 1.0
2/ In development
The platforms that are well under way to joining the former two are:
AIX, Mac OSX, Solaris and FreeBSD/NetBSD
I am not sure how you go about building them yourself, though, and I haven't
seen binaries available. At the moment it looks like you need to trawl the
archives at ib-build@..., or post a message there requesting help on how to
build the source for one of those platforms. Then again, maybe all that is
required is to follow the standard build procedure for Linux, but substituting
the appropriate platform.
3/ Less well developed
Netware - someone or some people have come forward and expressed an interest.
Haven't heard anything recently.
4/ Being considered:
We'd like to get HP UX on the list but little progress to date.
These are just off the top of my head, so if I've missed any jump in and say.
At the moment it probably has the feeling of 'bleeding edge' about it, although
it isn't really. The challenge has been to get the original code released by
Borland into a state that builds easily and reliably. Along the way quite a few
bugs have been fixed, some of them major. All in all the Firebird releases are
pretty solid and certainly will stand up to the 'official' releases of last
year.
Paul
--
Paul Reeves
http://www.ibphoenix.com
taking InterBase further
>I don't think there is an official list, but from memory I would say this is the
> Helen:
>
> On 9 Jan 2001, at 1:42, Helen Borrie wrote:
>
> To: ib-support@egroups.com
> From: Helen Borrie <helebor@...>
> Date sent: Tue, 09 Jan 2001 01:42:30 +1100
> Send reply to: ib-support@egroups.com
> Subject: Re: [ib-support] AIX + IB6 ???
>
> > David:
> >
> > Join the ib-build list at mers.com and repeat your question there.
> > Some guys were looking at a port to AIX.
> >
> Is there an official list of ports that are
>
> 1) Completed
> 2) In Development, and at what stage (Alpha/Beta/Gamma?)
> 3) Being considered
>
situation:
1/ Completed
Your idea on this may differ to mine, but generally the Linux and Win32 builds
are considered to be completed in that we trust them sufficiently over the
so-called official versions from Borland. However, they are still under
development and we are not yet calling them Firebird 1.0
2/ In development
The platforms that are well under way to joining the former two are:
AIX, Mac OSX, Solaris and FreeBSD/NetBSD
I am not sure how you go about building them yourself, though, and I haven't
seen binaries available. At the moment it looks like you need to trawl the
archives at ib-build@..., or post a message there requesting help on how to
build the source for one of those platforms. Then again, maybe all that is
required is to follow the standard build procedure for Linux, but substituting
the appropriate platform.
3/ Less well developed
Netware - someone or some people have come forward and expressed an interest.
Haven't heard anything recently.
4/ Being considered:
We'd like to get HP UX on the list but little progress to date.
These are just off the top of my head, so if I've missed any jump in and say.
At the moment it probably has the feeling of 'bleeding edge' about it, although
it isn't really. The challenge has been to get the original code released by
Borland into a state that builds easily and reliably. Along the way quite a few
bugs have been fixed, some of them major. All in all the Firebird releases are
pretty solid and certainly will stand up to the 'official' releases of last
year.
Paul
--
Paul Reeves
http://www.ibphoenix.com
taking InterBase further