On 15-3-2013 20:16, Anthonys Lists wrote:
> On 14/03/2013 19:34, Michal Kubecek wrote:
>> I guess there is no perfect solution with the versions we have now but
>> to avoid making the version more messy than necessary, this emergency
>> release should IMHO be called 2.5.2, not 2.5.3 or even higher. So the
>> best (or rather least bad) is IMHO 2.5.2.26540

> Does the version number need to be numeric? A system I'm used to from
> the 80s :-) used patch letters so this would be 2.5.2a - ie 2.5.2 with a
> bugfix.

I am sure some things will break if that is included in the response to 
an info call with isc_info_firebird_version. For example Jaybird parses 
that response with the assumption that the version part of the full 
string only includes numbers.

> (Let me introduce myself - I've just joined this list because I'm trying
> to get into database programming in LO, and so I'll probably be
> struggling to write the official LO firebird connector soon :-)

Welcome!

Mark
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Mark Rotteveel

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