Re: [Firebird-devel] Time zones

[Mark R. <ma...@la...>]

On 1-5-2018 16:21, Adriano dos Santos Fernandes wrote:
> On 01/05/2018 04:57, Mark Rotteveel wrote:
>> (resending as they haven't appeared on the list yet)
>>
>> On 30-4-2018 04:50, Adriano dos Santos Fernandes wrote:
>>> So before migrate to v4, users can adjust their code using Firebird 3
>>> and once upgraded there will be no problems.
>>
>> I also want to repeat my opinion that I think it is a bit too late in
>> the Firebird 4 development to include this feature now. Driver
>> implementers also need to have time to add support, find problems, etc.
>>
> 
> Since we also talk about compatibility measures for old clients, new
> feature is very easy to add to clients, and that the drivers are very
> late on some things (protocol changes), I do not find this as a good
> argument.

And if - for example when implementing this in Jaybird, I find problems 
that can only be really fixed by introducing breaking changes in the SQL 
support / wire protocol / data type / etc, after Firebird 4 has been 
released, then it is too late to correct because that ship will have sailed.

Mark
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Mark Rotteveel