[gnome-db] Libgda 4.1.5

[Vivien Malerba <vmalerba gmail com>]

I'm pleased to announce version 4.1.5 of Libgda: 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 4.1.4
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 - support BLOBS in MySQL provider
 - meta data correction for PostgreSQL provider
 - Do not set GErrors without a domain for the PostgreSQL provider
 - honor the request for the last inserted row in the MySQL provider
 - fetch indexes information for MySQL
 - fixed reading float values in the MySQL provider
 - corrected the MySQL and SQLite boolean handlers
 - API improvements to the GdaSqlBuilder object
 - new Data Manager perspective in the GdaBrowser
 - added help in GdaBrowser
 - initial GObject introspection for the UI extension
 - improved GObject introspection support
 - removed deprecaded GTK+ symbols usage
 - use accessor functions instead direct access (enable GSEAL)
 - new UI extension example
 - doc. corrections & improvements
 - better handle GCJ as the java compiler
 - lots of bug fixes and other improvements
 - Translations:
        - fr (Claude Paroz, Laurent Coudeur)
        - sl (Matej Urbančič)
        - de (Mario Blättermann, Christian Kirbach)
        - es (Jorge González)
        - zh_CN (Aron Xu)
        - eu (Inaki Larranaga Murgoitio)
        - pt (Nicolau Gonçalves)
        - gl (Leandro Regueiro)

Sources are available at http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/libgda/4.1/
while WIN32 packages are available at
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/binaries/win32/libgda/4.1/

Notes:
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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