Bug#251458: [Pkg-firebird-general] Re: Bug#251458: firebird: remote vulnerability

Daniel Urban "Daniel Urban" <daniel@sente.pl>, 251458-quiet@bugs.debian.org
Mon, 2 Aug 2004 08:27:08 +0200


Hi

> (BTW, where does the "2" in "libfirebird2" come from?  This is not the
> soversion of either of the libraries contained in this package.)

"Development on the Firebird 2 codebase began early in Firebird 1
development, with the porting of the Firebird 1 C code
(http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/firebird/interbase/) to C++ and the
first major code-cleaning. Firebird 1.5 is the first release of the Firebird
2 codebase (http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/firebird/firebird2/). It
is a significant milestone for the developers and the whole Firebird
project, but it is not an end in itself. As Firebird 1.5 goes to release,
major redevelopment continues toward the next point release on the journey
to Firebird 2."

With regards
Daniel Urban