Subject Re: [firebird-support] Off-Topic: Firebird future
Author Fulvio Senore
Il 23/10/2019 17:32, Stefan Heymann lists@...
[firebird-support] ha scritto:
>>> For me it must continue with the development of Flamerobin.
>>>
>>> I know many people who feel very comfortable with him.
>>>
>>> I really don't understand why its development has stopped.
>
>> Development of a free open source project happens by virtue of its
>> contributors. If those contributors lose interest or have other things
>> to do, and no one else steps up, then things just stop.
>
> AFAIU Milan Babuskov was the main (only?) contributor and he went on
> to do other things.
>
> Regards
>
> Stefan
>

Another problem is that Flamerobin uses the IBPP library to connect to
the database.
Unfortunately the IBPP project is abandoned: it works but it does not
support newer Firebird features.

Fulvio Senore