> Let me make my position clear: I don't see the need to support a 14 > year old OS that has had no updates (including security updates) since > April 2014. If you're in business with such systems, you are operating > irresponsibly and I see no need to support such behavior. Also if you > are using such outdated systems, how likely is that you update to a > newer Firebird version; I think that is unlikely, so again why would we > need or want to support that. > > And as long as the Firebird 3 or earlier fbclient.dll / libfbclient.so > can be used with Firebird 4, then you can still use those systems as > clients, without encumbering the project.
Or if you really want to run on that platform, you can pay for it. Simple as that. Burning our resources on this is just not worth it, IMHO. -- Mgr. Jiří Činčura Independent IT Specialist ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=272487151&iu=/4140 Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel
