[gnome-db] Libgda 4.2.4 released

[Vivien Malerba <vmalerba gmail com>]

Here is version 4.2.4, a maintenance release, of the Libgda library.
It can be dowloaded from the usual location:
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/libgda/4.2/

What is Libgda?
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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 version 4.2.3:
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 - SQLite provider: correctly report error messages (for example instead of "constraint failed")

 - SQLite provider: correctly report if foreign key constraints are enforced or not

 - Added possibility to "declare foreign key constraints", which are declarations in the

   metadata where databases don't actually use foreign keys

 - GdaMetaStruct: report information about foreign keys

 - GdaBrowser: many small improvements and corrections

 - GdaSql and GdaBrowser: display more information about database providers and DSN's connection

   parameters, and display information about foreign key constraints

 - Documentation improvements and corrections

 - Misc small corrections

 - Bug fixes: #639533, #639897, #639897, #640482, #642037, #642100 and #642170

 - translations:

        - sl (Matej Urbančič)

        - es (Daniel Mustieles)

        - cz (Marek Černocký)

        - fr (Bruno Brouard)

        - de (Christian Kirbach)

Notes:
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 * Installing this version will overwrite your existing
 copy of Libgda 4.2. If you have problems, you'll need to
 reinstall it.
 * Libgda 4.2 is 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

Regards,

Vivien