The project team announces that kits of Firebird 2.5.0 release candidate 1 are now available for all the supported main-line platforms (Win32, Win 64, Linux i86 and x86-64 and MacOS-X/Darwin i86 and x86-64). Please test it with your loads and report back to Firebird-devel. Note, this is the first of two RC releases.

The Firebird 2.1.3 MacOSX Intel (32bit and 64bit) kits have been replaced with new ones that solve a problem with exception handling on MacOSX 10.6 and GCC 4.1.2.

The project is pleased to announce that Firebird 1.5.6 release kits are now available for all the supported main-line platforms (Win32, Linux i86 and MacOS-X/Darwin i86 and PPC). No further sub-releases are planned for the V.1.5.x series.