v1.0.16

This is a maintenance release for GixSQL, that fixes a few issues and adds some new features. Binary packages for 32-bit Windows have been added, as well as a "portable" x64 binary package.

All the packages are signed with my GPG private key. The corresponding public key ([email protected], fingerprint 70E4 08CF B89B 5FA8 32E4 5292 EFDC 94BD 5260 B939) has been published on pgp.mit.edu and keyserver.ubuntu.com and is available at https://github.com/mridoni.gpg

Binary packages available:

• Windows x64 (MSVC + MinGW)
• Windows x64 (MinGW only)
• Windows x86 (MSVC + MinGW)
• Windows x86 (MinGW only)
• Windows x86 "portable"
• Linux x64 (Ubuntu 20.04)

There is also a autoconf-enabled source package, to make building on Linux easier.

A summary of new features and fixes:

• Much improved logging system
• EXEC SQL WHENEVER support
• New formats for "connection strings", including an ocesql-compatible one
• The MySQL driver now links against (and ships with) the MariaDB client libraries
• PostgreSQL client library (libpq) has been updated
• Binary dependencies are now installed with vcpkg (on Windows)
• autoconf can now also build on MinGW
• Fixed memory problems and misc warnings (merged PRs by @GitMensch)