Re: [Firebird-devel] Firebird version and Interbase/third-party tools compatibility for v1.0 and beyond

[David R. R. <ibi...@ma...>]

> 1 - For v1.0, the "version string" returned by the server will be
fixed
> as "6.2.0.xxx".  The engine and install packages will, however, carry
the
> version number of "v1.0.0"

Will the file version resources contain 6.2.0.x or 1.x?  They will need
to be 6.2.0.x for the installer to know that the versions of the files
that it is installing are 6.2.0.x.

> 2 - The Windows install packages will be changed to ensure that they
> will overwrite any existing client libraries, regardless of version.
> Thus, ensuring that the latest Firebird client has been installed
> (instead of keeping the old IB 4.x/5.x/6.x version). And if possible
the
> install will rename the existing dll rather than deleting it.

What about interbase.msg?  If we rename gds32.dll, shouldn't we also
rename interbase.msg at the same time since the two files are basically
married?  BTW, the Wise scripts always create a backup folder and put
any replaced files in that folder.

There is also another option to change the installer so that if it finds
a version of IB prior to 6.2.0.x, it will abort the installation and
display a message that they previous version should be removed before
continuing.

Thoughts?

--
David R. Robinson
InterBase Installation Info - http://ibinstall.defined.net