Bug 132602 - No Option to Chose Firebird when opening a New Base database
Summary: No Option to Chose Firebird when opening a New Base database
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Base (show other bugs)
Version:
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6.4.3.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) All
: medium normal
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Reported: 2020-05-01 21:11 UTC by putmann1013
Modified: 2020-05-01 22:03 UTC (History)
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Description putmann1013 2020-05-01 21:11:16 UTC 
Description:
No Option to chose Firebird Embedded when opening a New Base database. Only HSQLDB is showing. When you enable Experiment Features under Tools/Advanced/Optional Features Firebird Embedded Database option appears.
Correct Option was present in prior release.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Open a new Base database
2.No Option in choosing Firebird Embedded Database
3.Enable Experimental Features


Actual Results:
HSQLDB

Expected Results:
Firebird


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
Software should offer an option in choosing either Embedded Database Firebird or HSQLDB

Looks like an error in the release
Comment 1 Ming Hua 2020-05-01 21:56:23 UTC 
Thanks for reporting, Firebird support was indeed set back to "experimental feature" in 6.3.6, compared to earlier 6.3.x releases.

However this was intentional, not an oversight, see
https://git.libreoffice.org/core/+/5e3cb1833da113d6ec09001e7e365d24bd4289ee
for rationale.

Should be NOTABUG or WONTFIX in my opinion.
Comment 2 Julien Nabet 2020-05-01 22:03:09 UTC 
Ming Hua is right.

The problem is LO isn't ready for the moment to propose Firebird odb creation in non experimental mode.
You can still open old Firebird odb files without enabling experimental option.