My 800 Firebird/Delphi systems contact just asked, "Any word on the Beta"? He needs SMP right now.
I don't think he watches this list but he does watch http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa I asked him how many times he's watched the FB3 Beta release date slide since he's been watching it. and he said, "2 or 3 times. I believe it was originally May. They postponed a bunch of items until Beta 2, but it’s been the same 6 items holding it up for a couple months." The current Beta release date is the end of August. I don't see "C++ interface" in any of the remaining open items. August is half way over and from what I am seeing here it appears that nothing short of a miracle would be needed to deliver a beta by that date. It would be best if the Beta release were supported by a functional JDBC driver. That seems to be the intention indicated on the Dashboard. Are these interface decisions under discussion also going to delay the JDBC driver? What happens with the next missed release date? Will you wait until August 31 and then move the Beta release date ahead another month? How many other users are out there are frustrated by watching the sliding release date? If you're going to delay the Beta again it would be better to do it now and try to salvage some goodwill. I will usually edit copied comments to narrow the point, but as I believe it contains some important observations from the user community I will copy Carlos' comment in its entirety for your reflection. On Aug 13, 2014, at 7:29 PM, Carlos H. Cantu wrote: > LC> Are we really that desperate for a new version? > > I'm afraid so. At last in Brazil, currently situation is becoming > alarming at least. I hear more and more people saying that Firebird > became "zumbi" project. Firebird 3 release became kind of myth here, > and some people even think it will never get released. Remember, most > users doesn't follow fb-devel and new releases are the only way they > use to find that project is actually active. > > As the organizer of the Firebird Developers Day conference, I can say > that this situation is also affecting the conference's number of > attendees. No new releases = nothing new to talk about. We already had > 11 editions of FDD, almost every feature available up to FB 2.5 was > already discussed. This year I had to accept some talks that are not > direct related to Firebird, to avoid having to repeat old subjects (I > already spoke 2 times about FB 3 in past editions, and it is still not > released). This affects the number of attendees in a negative way, as > well the amount of money collected in the conference to be donated to > Foundation. > > So, IMHO, we need to do whatever needs to be done, but in a way that > will not delay FB 3 anymore. I know all of our core developers are > working as hard as they can, sorry if I'm putting some pressure, but > that's how I'm feeling things here. On Aug 13, 2014, at 8:26 PM, Saunders, Rich wrote: > Sorry, Adriano, but that's exactly what alpha versions are for. The > testers of the development team do the testing. > > End users cannot be expected to test until a beta version is available. > > -- > Cheers! > Rich Saunders > >> From: Adriano dos Santos Fernandes <adrian...@gmail.com> >> You all think alpha versions and snapshots are there for what? >> >> It's not there for we developers, certainly. >
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