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. 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. Adriano ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
