On 12/11/14 19:27, Adriano dos Santos Fernandes wrote: > On 11/12/2014 14:06, Alex Peshkoff wrote: >> On 12/11/14 18:32, Adriano dos Santos Fernandes wrote: >> >>>> Installing multiple ICU versions on Windows could be a challenge for >>>> many users. >>> http://site.icu-project.org/download >>> >>>> So IMHO a gfix command really looks like a handy tool. >>> A developer who cannot download a zip from the above url and extract it >>> in the right place reading a documentation can neither use gfix. >> Even installing of windows-default-compatible version on linux may >> become a problem soon. Yes, most distro do have very good tools to >> download and install required software but far not always they provide >> particular version of it. What about RHEL6 binaries present at ICU site >> - they may work or may not on other linux platforms. >> >> As the result most of people will have to use gbak to change required >> for database ICU version. Adding switch to gfix is just a little help to >> that people to let them perform this operation faster and easier. I.e. >> we provide a choice - one will install additional ICU version, other - >> change database. See nothing bad when people have a choice how to reach >> required goal. >> >> > That may be true... sometimes the problem is much bigger if you want to > migrate *to* (not *from*) Linux. > > The problem started when the maintainers started by them selfs to use > global version installed.
Yes, I remember. > They created a problem because distro "policies" for a package (ICU) not > supporting this policies well. > > Anyway, gfix seems better for me than a SQL command. For me too. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=164703151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel
