Ray,

> I have been running 1.1 of Borland Interbase on my Solaris box and 1.5
> of Firebird on ny Linux box. 1.0 of Firebird absolutely fails with a
> gbak (restore) of an empty DB on the Solaris platform, sooo I just
> cannot use it. Rumour is that the problem is fixed in 1.5 (the source
> is as excellent as they come and yes 1.0 of Firbird failed on the
> Linux platfor too). I would like to migrate to Firdbird entirely but
> there is no 1.5 release for Solaris and much time has passed since
> other platforms have been supported.

Unfortunately, it's true. Not everyone have enough time to participate in
the project and actively follow the current development.

> Is the Solaris platform being dropped?

No.

> Can I help and port it?

I'm sure your help will be much appreciated.

> Or must I go back to Borland?

I see no reasons for it, especially if you can volunteer to create a Solaris
port of FB 1.5.


Dmitry