Helen Borrie wrote:

> There are. The Debian packages are not Firebird 2, they are patched
> Debian builds of Firebird 1.5.2 or 1.5.3. Don't be misled by their
> arcane use of the prefix "Firebird2".
>
>> I'm trying to get information in the debian mantainers mailing list.
>
> If you get any new info, please post it to the firebird-devel list.
>

Here you can find the real FB 2.0.1 packages for Debian/Ubuntu:

ftp://ftp.modsoftsys.net/public/pool/main/f/firebird2.0/

And here is the announcement: http://www.firebirdnews.org/?p=937

hth, ciao, lele.