Re: [Firebird-devel] Compiler for official Firebird 4 release on Windows

2016-02-29 Thread Michal Kubecek
On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 10:38:16AM -0500, Jim Starkey wrote: > I'm not at all sure that having "official" Firebird compilers is that > good of an idea. > > The basic principle is that the code should work on a wide variety of > compilers. You (and not only you) are mixing two very different

[Firebird-devel] [FB-Tracker] Created: (CORE-5122) Expression index may not be used by the optimizer if created and used in different connection charsets

2016-02-29 Thread Dmitry Yemanov (JIRA)
Expression index may not be used by the optimizer if created and used in different connection charsets -- Key: CORE-5122 URL:

Re: [Firebird-devel] Compiler for official Firebird 4 release on Windows

2016-02-29 Thread Carlos H. Cantu
>> Anyway, my point is just to show that those 2 systems can still be >> widely used in some parts of the world, and this should be taken into >> the math when taking any decision. JČ> Just out of curiosity. Are these systems going to be upgraded to JČ> Firebird 4? You need to ask the Oracle :)

Re: [Firebird-devel] Compiler for official Firebird 4 release on Windows

2016-02-29 Thread Mark Rotteveel
On 2016-02-29 13:02, Carlos H. Cantu wrote: > MR> Let me make my position clear: I don't see the need to support a > 14 > MR> year old OS that has had no updates (including security updates) > since > MR> April 2014. If you're in business with such systems, you are > operating > MR>

Re: [Firebird-devel] Compiler for official Firebird 4 release on Windows

2016-02-29 Thread Jim Starkey
On 2/29/2016 2:19 AM, Michal Kubecek wrote: > . > > Question: Does this problem would also affect the compiled client > library? Or do you guys also think nobody using Win XP/2003 will needs > to connect to Firebird? > First, the discussion is about a version which, extrapolating from > previous

Re: [Firebird-devel] Compiler for official Firebird 4 release on Windows

2016-02-29 Thread Jiří Činčura
> About outdated, insecure environments, you have no idea about what you > can find here, and I will not even speak about this :D > > Anyway, my point is just to show that those 2 systems can still be > widely used in some parts of the world, and this should be taken into > the math when taking

Re: [Firebird-devel] Compiler for official Firebird 4 release on Windows

2016-02-29 Thread Carlos H. Cantu
MR> Let me make my position clear: I don't see the need to support a 14 MR> year old OS that has had no updates (including security updates) since MR> April 2014. If you're in business with such systems, you are operating MR> irresponsibly and I see no need to support such behavior. Also if you

Re: [Firebird-devel] Compiler for official Firebird 4 release on Windows

2016-02-29 Thread Jiří Činčura
> Let me make my position clear: I don't see the need to support a 14 > year old OS that has had no updates (including security updates) since > April 2014. If you're in business with such systems, you are operating > irresponsibly and I see no need to support such behavior. Also if you > are

Re: [Firebird-devel] Compiler for official Firebird 4 release on Windows

2016-02-29 Thread Mark Rotteveel
On 2016-02-29 1:25, Carlos H. Cantu wrote: >>> However, I seriously question the need to support Windows XP and >>> Windows Server 2003 for Firebird 4. > > LS> I completely agree! > LS> There comes a time when some OSs/installs need to be recognized > as *legacy*. > LS> Systems based on those

Re: [Firebird-devel] Compiler for official Firebird 4 release on Windows

2016-02-29 Thread Lester Caine
On 28/02/16 18:19, Leyne, Sean wrote: > >> > However, I seriously question the need to support Windows XP and >> > Windows Server 2003 for Firebird 4. > I completely agree! > > There comes a time when some OSs/installs need to be recognized as *legacy*. > > Systems based on those platforms

Re: [Firebird-devel] Compiler for official Firebird 4 release on Windows

2016-02-29 Thread Gabor Boros
2016. 02. 28. 12:21 keltezéssel, Mark Rotteveel írta: > However, I seriously question the need to support Windows XP and Windows > Server 2003 for Firebird 4. I have no right to vote, but I think that Windows 7 SP1 / Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 perfectly reasonable minimum requirement. Gabor

Re: [Firebird-devel] Compiler for official Firebird 4 release on Windows

2016-02-29 Thread Gabor Boros
>> I'm quite happy with VS 2013 Community Edition, but I never tried VS >> 2015 and I'm mostly on Linux during the last years. >> >> Vlad, do you have any preference? > > I used VS 2013 for a long time and still have no look at VS 2015. > So, VS 2012 definitely out of question ;) Hi All,

Re: [Firebird-devel] Compiler for official Firebird 4 release on Windows

2016-02-29 Thread Paul Beach
>> There comes a time when some OSs/installs need to be recognized as *legacy*. > Such as Solaris, for example?.. Still alive and kicking I am afraid. Firebird 2.5 Compiles cleanly for Solaris and is in use. Paul --