[gnome-db] Libgda 4.0.6 and 4.1.4 released

[Vivien Malerba <vmalerba gmail com>]

I'm pleased to announce versions 4.0.6 and 4.1.4 of Libgda: a
maintenance version with bug fixes and a a beta version of the
upcomping 4.2 release.

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)
* features several tools: an SQL console application (like mysql, psql
or sqlite3 consoles), a graphical database browser, and a control
center
* relies on GLib, coded in C, its API is easy to use
* optionnally includes some graphical widgets (based on GTK+) for data
bound representations and some graphical tools

Changes from 4.1.3
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 - API improvements: GdaSqlBuilder, UI extension
 - new Web provider to access databases through a web server
 - WIN32 related corrections
 - GNOME 3.0 and GSeal corrections
 - initial support for GObject Introspection (for libgda only)
 - meta data now include indexes information
 - improved icons (thanks to Jakub Steiner)
 - JDBC provider: don't keep the JVM loaded when not necessary
 - embedd SQLite 3.6.22
 - GdaBrowser improvements and corrections: connections bindings, loading CSV
   files, table's columns' preferences
 - misc bug fixes and other improvements
 - Translations:
        - de (Mario Blättermann)
        - fr (Nicolas Repentin, Laurent Coudeur and Claude Paroz)
        - sl (Matej Urbančič)
        - sp (Jorge González)

Notes about version 4.1.4:
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 * This is unstable development release. While it has had
 a bit of testing, there are certainly plenty of bugs
 remaining to be found. This release should not be used
 in production.

 * Installing this version will overwrite your existing
 copy of Libgda 4. If you have problems, you'll need to
 reinstall it.

 * Libgda 4.2 will be source and binary compatible with
 the 4.0 series.

 * Bugs should be reported to http://bugzilla.gnome.org.

See the http://live.gnome.org/ChooseLibgdaSQLite page for additionnal
information about choosing
between Libgda and SQLite when you need a database API.

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