DBI 1.644 released

This is more news than just a new version.

On 2024-08-11 I asked Tim Bunce if he would be able to do a new release, as the last one was over 4 years ago, and there have been several fixes since, amongst which a CVE fix and a followup CVE fix. Those were the reason I asked.

What happened then was unexpected and more than I bargained for: he said it was extrememly unlikely he'd be involved anymore. He said he trusted me and handen me the ownership of DBI.

I then asked for help and got it. There is more to do, so lets join knowledge and not wait another 4 years.

PLEASE test and test and test and test, with all the database drivers you are able to use on all Operating systems you can work on with as many weird combinations as possible.

I tested on every released perl since 5.8.0 threaded and non-threaded on Linux, and followed the dev-releases on the cpantesters (which surfaced a Windows bug).

As this module is the basis for every DBD in the perl toolchain, it is quite important we keep it going strong.

It feels like an honor to be in this position, and I sincerely hope I can hold the fortress.

irc.perl.org:6667/#dbi is our main communication channel


Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn

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