Firebird not experimental

[Lionel Élie Mamane]

On Tue, Aug 27, 2024 at 04:48:16PM +0200, Robert Großkopf wrote:

>> 1) we still use FB 3.0.7 whereas 2 major releases have been published (4
>> and 5) and version 6 is in dev.

>> At minimum, we should upgrade to version 5 to avoid trying to fix bugs
>> on a old FB version.

> What would happen with all the old Firebid databases then? (...)it
> should work without any problems when changing version of LO (and
> changing Firebird-version this way).

That is why we use the firebird "archive" format since (the version of
LibreOffice that was under development in) August q2016; in theory any
embedded database that was saved with a later LibreOffice version
should survive changes of firebird version well.

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Lionel