Appendix A: Document history

The exact file history is recorded in the manual module in our CVS tree; see http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=9028

Revision History
0.0	2002	IBP	Written and published by IBPhoenix.
1.0	2005	IBP	Donated to Firebird Project by IBPhoenix.
2.0	12 Nov 2006	PV	Preface added. About Firebird: Updated to 1.5 and 2.0. Rewrote/corrected/extended a number of sections. Added section on Foundation. Introduced Embedded Server. Introduced aliases and (other) security features. Introduced nbackup. Introduced Services Manager + API. Added rows Availability, Local access on Windows, Multiprocessor support, Services Manager + API, Guardian on Windows and Guardian on Linux to the Classic-Super table. Added same-named sections to the Classic-Super discussion following the table. Explained bulkiness of Linux Classic client. Added note on AMD processors. About Clients and Servers: Updated to 1.5 and 2.0. Rewrote/corrected/extended a number of sections. Added sections on client filenames, multiple servers and server filenames. Added major section on embedded servers. Introduced SQLDirect. Warned against use of IBX with higher Firebird versions. Introduced UIB and JVCL. Introduced .NET data provider. Introduced IBPP. Explained the concept of executable stored procedures. Added section on PSQL limitations. Document History added. License Notice added.
2.0.1	31 Dec 2006	PV	About this book :: More documentation: Changed text and hyperlink. About Firebird: Changed title of memory requirements table. About Clients and Servers: Added ZeosLib to Direct-to-API Components section. Gave all tables and figures an ID to make their URLs persistent across builds.
2.0.2	16 Jul 2007	PV	About this book :: Summary of features: Gave table a “`keep-together=auto`” PI, necessary with FOP 0.93+ About Clients and Servers :: Client and server combined: Firebird Embedded Server: Added titleabbrev. Also corrected the first Note, which incorrectly stated that Fb2's `fbembed.dll` can't be used as a network client (altered 1st sentence, dropped last). Put “`localhost:`” in a `quote` in that same note. License notice: Updated copyright year.