Libgda 4.0.0 released

[Vivien Malerba <vmalerba gmail com>]

I'm pleased to announce version 4.0.0 of Libgda, which is the new stable version of Libgda.

Short description:
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Libgda is a (relatively small) database access library:
* a wrapper like ODBC but with more features to access several database engines
* a general data model to use CVS or XML files
* a meta data extractor (to know all about database objects in a comman way)
* comes with an SQL console application (like mysql, psql or sqlite3 consoles)
* relies on GLib, coded in C, its API is easy to use

Main changes from the previous stable version:
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* major improvements: this version is API and ABI incompatible with the V3 versions with and easier and more consistant API
* completely new SQL parser
* much improved meta data retreival
* completely new database providers (drivers) for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite and MSAccess files (Oracle and Firebird still need to be re-written)

Tarballs are available at http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/libgda/4.0




Pease note that Win32 archives are also available at http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/binaries/win32/




To install this new version, you'll need glib, libxml2, and
optionnally libxslt; this version can be installed side by side with
the V3 version.

You can find more information at the projects' homepage
(http://www.gnome-db.org), or you can ask any question/propose
anything you want in the GNOME-DB mailing list, which is available at
http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-db-list