Overview of changes

[Tomasz Dubiel]

Hello.

How do I check details of changes of given version on GitHub? Links don't work.

I checked for a few links like:

https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/NETProvider/issues?q=is%3Aissue+label%3A%22fix-version%3A+8.5.4.0%22

Best regards,

Tomek.

[Mark Rotteveel]

It looks like the issues were migrated to milestones, but the links in
older releases not updated. Specifically for this one, look at
https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/NETProvider/milestone/88?closed=1

For all of them, see
https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/NETProvider/milestones?state=closed

Mark
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Mark Rotteveel

[Tomasz Dubiel]

Thanks.

I tried to find what version started supporting Firebird 5. I hoped to see something like release notes and "supported FB versions". Do you know where to find it?

Best regards.

[Mark Rotteveel]

On 21-05-2026 11:54, Tomasz Dubiel wrote:
> Thanks.
> I tried to find what version started supporting Firebird 5. I hoped to
> see something like release notes and "supported FB versions". Do you
> know where to find it?

There is no such thing as formal release notes for this library. The
last implemented protocol is protocol 16 (Firebird 4.0.0), but you can't
derive whether or not Firebird 5 is supported given how protocol
versioning works in Firebird.

In this case, lack of higher protocol versions just means that new
features like server-side scrollable cursors (version 18, Firebird
5.0.0) and inline blobs (version 19, Firebird 5.0.3) are not supported.

As far as I'm aware (but I'm not the arbiter of truth for this),
Firebird 5 was considered supported by FirebirdSql.Data.FirebirdClient
since the Firebird 5.0.0 release in January 2024. So, I'd say 10.0.0.0
or higher, but even older versions should work, given protocol versioning.

Also, unless you have a good reason to use an older version, why not use
the latest release?

Mark
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Mark Rotteveel

[Tomasz Dubiel]

I will migrate a customer from FB 3.0 to FB 5.0 with various external programs connecting to the database and I would like to know which applications are needed to upgrade now and which can wait.

Best regards.