This sub-release addressed some security vulnerabilities reported by RISE Security which were closed in Firebird 2.0.3. Those fixes were back-ported to Firebird 1.5.5.

A few bugs that arose since v.1.5.4 were fixed. For details, see Release 1.5.4 Bugs Fixed in v.1.5.5.

The Firebird 1.5.4 sub-release adds no new functionality but building the software for both Classic and SuperServer for HP-UX11 is now supported.

This sub-release introduces a number of additional retrospective fixes to bugs that became apparent and were fixed in the Firebird 2 tree during the Firebird 2.0 beta cycle.

Fixes to bugs introduced in v.1.5, v.1.5.1, v.1.5.2 and v.1.5.3 are appended to the feature list in the section Release 1.5.3 Bugs Fixed in v.1.5.4.

A further list of fixes is prepended to the Old Bugs Fixed.

The Firebird 1.5.3 sub-release introduces a number of retrospective fixes to bugs that became apparent and were fixed in the Firebird 2 tree during the pre-alpha and alpha phases of the Firebird 2 development.

Minor enhancements added since v.1.5.2 are described in Firebird 1.5.3 Point Release Additions.

Note the addition of a new optional compatibility parameter to firebird.conf. For details of this parameter--OldColumnNaming--refer to the section Compatibility Parameters.

Fixes to bugs introduced in v.1.5, v.1.5.1 and v.1.5.2 are appended to the feature list in the section Release 1.5.2 Bugs Fixed in v.1.5.3.

A further list of fixes is prepended to the Old Bugs Fixed.

Minor enhancements added since v.1.5.1 are described in Firebird 1.5.2 Point Release Additions.

Fixes to bugs introduced in v.1.5 and v.1.5.1 are appended to the feature list in the section Release 1.5.1 Bugs Fixed in v.1.5.2.

A further list of fixes is prepended to the Old Bugs Fixed.

Minor enhancements added since v.1.5 were described in Firebird 1.5.1 Point Release Additions.

Fixes to bugs introduced in v.1.5 are appended to the feature list in the section Release 1.5 Bugs Fixed in v.1.5.1.

A further list of fixes is prepended to the Old Bugs Fixed.

A list of (currently one only) Known Issues is included.

Some errata were corrected.