On 9 Jan 2001, at 21:56, Paul Reeves wrote:

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Subject: Re: [ib-support] AIX + IB6 ???

> Paul Schmidt wrote:
> >
> > 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
> >
>
> I don't think there is an official list, but from memory I would say
> this is the situation:
>

Perhaps we NEED an official list, as a programmer / designer /
consultant, it would make supporting the client easier. For example
if I have a client who runs SCO, it would be nice to be able to look
at the list, and see if it is supported. Perhaps this is something
someone could suggest to the Firebird group, maybe a list that gets
updated when a platform moves from category to category. I don't
follow the build list -- I can't spend ALL my time reading this
stuff. -- but perhaps someone could post the suggestion over there.

> 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

IMNSHO Completed, is production ready code, meaning I can trust to
put it at a client site, with reasonable assurance, it's not going to
explode, and leave me having to find a barrister. I am not sure that
either one is to this level, but then again following this standard,
Microsoft has never released anything in a completed state.

>
> 2/ In development
>
> The platforms that are well under way to joining the former two are:
>
> AIX, Mac OSX, Solaris and FreeBSD/NetBSD
>

Any idea whether these are alpha or beta? I would suspect that since
these are all unices that it would pretty much start at the beta
level.

> 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.
>

Netware would be nice, I have a client who is almost religious about
it, although IB 5.6 is supposed to work, I am not sure you can even
buy it anymore.

> 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.

Does that mean I should move the IB6 for Linux, I got from Borland to
a Firebird release? I wonder if at some point, Borland will itself
simply snag the Firebird releases and use those.

Paul
Paul Schmidt,
Tricat Technologies
Email: paul@...
Website: www.tricattechnologies.com