
 From the Firebird FAQ:

"The first beta was released on January 29, 2003. We are hoping to be
close to a full release some time around Easter 2003."

They are at RC8 right now ... running a *wee* bit behind scheduale :)

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Fri, 16 Jan 2004 11:48:12 -0400 (AST)
"Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org>
And ppl complain about *our* beta cycles ...
Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>>From the Firebird FAQ:
> 
> "The first beta was released on January 29, 2003. We are hoping to be
> close to a full release some time around Easter 2003."
> 
> They are at RC8 right now ... running a *wee* bit behind scheduale :)

Yes, they're pretty late. Last time I read, the only major issues
preventing their final release is around the installer. The 1.5 codebase
itself has been stabilized for quite a while. Practically all work is
now done to the 2.0 branch/HEAD. They have several goodies in store for
the 2.0 release (e.g.: incremental backup).

I think the Firebird team wants to make sure that their first public
release to the world is really good. (Okay, they have some 1.0.x
releases too but these were mainly bugfixes for IB 6.0, its predecessor;
and there are *lots* of bugs being fixed). FB 1.5 is the first version
that uses the new C++ codebase.

Anyway, I'm certainly not among those who complain. I believe Postgres 
is already moving ahead faster than any other open source and 
semi-commercial database projects that I know of. You guys are doing a 
great great job. :-)

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dave

Sat, 17 Jan 2004 11:54:16 +0700
David Garamond <lists@zara.6.isreserved.com>
Re: And ppl complain about *our* beta cycles ...
Mensaje citado por David Garamond <lists@zara.6.isreserved.com>:

> Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> >>From the Firebird FAQ:
> > 
> > "The first beta was released on January 29, 2003. We are hoping to be
> > close to a full release some time around Easter 2003."
> > 
> > They are at RC8 right now ... running a *wee* bit behind scheduale :)
> 
> Yes, they're pretty late. Last time I read, the only major issues
> preventing their final release is around the installer. The 1.5 codebase
> itself has been stabilized for quite a while. Practically all work is
> now done to the 2.0 branch/HEAD. They have several goodies in store for
> the 2.0 release (e.g.: incremental backup).

Anyone working on incremental backups for PostgreSQL? I kind of miss them from my
Informix times (hey, I think it's the only thing I really miss :-) ).

Maybe when PITR is ready, making incremental backups will be trivial.

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Sat, 17 Jan 2004 10:26:29 -0300
Martin Marques <martin@bugs.unl.edu.ar>
Incremental Backup (Was: And ppl complain about *our* beta cycles
 ...)
Martin Marques wrote:

> Mensaje citado por David Garamond <lists@zara.6.isreserved.com>:
> 
>> Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>> >>From the Firebird FAQ:
>> > 
>> > "The first beta was released on January 29, 2003. We are hoping to be
>> > close to a full release some time around Easter 2003."
>> > 
>> > They are at RC8 right now ... running a *wee* bit behind scheduale :)
>> 
>> Yes, they're pretty late. Last time I read, the only major issues
>> preventing their final release is around the installer. The 1.5 codebase
>> itself has been stabilized for quite a while. Practically all work is
>> now done to the 2.0 branch/HEAD. They have several goodies in store for
>> the 2.0 release (e.g.: incremental backup).
> 
> Anyone working on incremental backups for PostgreSQL? I kind of miss them from my
> Informix times (hey, I think it's the only thing I really miss :-) ).

Sort of.

A kind of delayed standby server and backup with roll forward stuff will 
be a byproduct of the Slony-I replication system.


Jan

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Mon, 19 Jan 2004 11:56:34 -0500
Jan Wieck <JanWieck@Yahoo.com>
Re: Incremental Backup (Was: And ppl complain about *our*