Jaybird 3.0.0-alpha-1

Jaybird 3.0 is a big change from Jaybird 2.2 and earlier. We have rewritten the
entire low-level implementation to be able to support protocol improvements in
newer Firebird versions, we have made changes with a stricter interpretation of
the JDBC requirements, and we have removed some parts that were either obsolete
or not functioning correctly.

See the Jaybird 3.0.0-alpha-1 release notes for more information.

IMPORTANT

Jaybird 3.0 is still in development. This version is provided for testing
purposes only. We'd appreciate your feedback, but we'd like to emphasize that
this version is unstable and not ready for production.

The protocol implementation has been fundamentally rewritten and changes have
been made for stricter JDBC conformance. As a result the driver might exhibit
different behavior than previous versions. Read the release notes carefully to
see if those differences are intentional.

Bug reports about undocumented changes in behavior are appreciated.