Firebird Project announces the first Release Candidate of Firebird 3.0, the next major version of the Firebird relational database, which is now 
available for testing. 
 
 This Release Candidate demonstrates the complete set of features and improvements developed for the new release. Release Candidates are generally considered stable enough and may be recommended for testing in "almost-production" environments. Please report about any found bugs to the 
bugtracker.
 
 Please read the 
Release Notes carefully before installing and testing this Release Candidate.