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+# Default build parameters.  These may be overridden by local configuration
+# settings in build.local.properties.
+
+
+##
+## MCL
+##
+
+# major release number
+MCL_MAJOR=1
+# minor release number
+MCL_MINOR=13
+
+
+##
+## JDBC (and client)
+##
+
+# major release number
+JDBC_MAJOR=2
+# minor release number
+JDBC_MINOR=23
+# an additional identifying string
+JDBC_VER_SUFFIX=Liberica
+# the default port to connect on, if no port given when using SQL
+JDBC_DEF_PORT=50000
+
+
+##
+## General
+##
+
+# should we compile with debugging symbols
+enable_debug=true
+# should we optimize the build, preferably not for debugging
+enable_optimize=false