In the current master (as of yesterday), the firebird driver is active and available unconditionally (e.g. for opening an existing embedded firebird .odb file), but the "new database" wizard allows only creation of HSQLDB embedded, unless "experimental features" is turned on.
Reproduced in Version: 6.1.0.0.alpha0+ Build ID: 3564b46992fc30e212011c19043a2553178ccbca CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 4.13; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3; Locale: ca-ES (ca_ES.UTF-8); Calc: group
Code pointer? https://opengrok.libreoffice.org/xref/core/connectivity/source/commontools/DriversConfig.cxx#116 Perhaps we just remove this part (aMiscOptions.IsExperimentalMode() || 117 aInstalledDriver.sDriverFactory != "com.sun.star.comp.sdbc.firebird.Driver" )?
I've submitted a patch to https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/#/c/53090/
Xisco Fauli committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=8a1a9899e05b0ebbc3ff43f2db242724c8feb18f tdf#117081: show Firebird by default It will be available in 6.1.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Xisco Faulí committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "libreoffice-6-1": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=88abae93c5e0a030eca36d7e33909ad52e1c71a2&h=libreoffice-6-1 tdf#118751: Revert "tdf#117081: show Firebird by default" It will be available in 6.1.0.2. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Xisco Faulí committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "libreoffice-6-1": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=c957c5a4a0d3f621087b6dab468caaa4ed1a3e39&h=libreoffice-6-1 Revert "tdf#118751: Revert "tdf#117081: show Firebird by default"" It will be available in 6.1.1. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.