02.07.2012 7:22, Adriano dos Santos Fernandes wrote: >> Do we have any idea how many people are running Firebird 2.5.x successfully >> on big-endian platforms? > > This is another question to decide about fix the function or create new > ones.
I doubt we can know for sure, but their relative amount is supposedly very very small. So perhaps it would be acceptable to grieve them for the sake of the clear design. Of course, in this case we should print the appropriate red bold warning in the release notes. And it might make sense to provide an upgrade script that "fixes" the byte order in the given table/column. Everything stored outside the db would remain "broken", but this is the best thing we can do. Dmitry ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel
