Do you mean publish the project from 3.x, then open in 4? For a new small project things look good- especially the docked interface.
On Sun, 27 Oct 2024, 10:54 am Mattias Gaertner via lazarus, < lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org> wrote: > The Lazarus team is glad to announce the first release candidate of > Lazarus 4.0. > > This release was built with FPC 3.2.2. > > Here is the list of changes for Lazarus and Free Pascal: > http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Lazarus_4.0_release_notes > http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/User_Changes_3.2.2 > > Here is the list of fixes for Lazarus 4.x: > https://gitlab.com/freepascal.org/lazarus/lazarus/-/commits/fixes_4/ > > The release is available for download on SourceForge: > http://sourceforge.net/projects/lazarus/files/ > > Choose your CPU, OS, distro and then the "Lazarus 4.0RC1" directory. > > Checksums for the SourceForge files: > https://www.lazarus-ide.org/index.php?page=checksums#4_0RC1 > > Minimum requirements: > > Windows: > 2k, 32 or 64bit, Qt, Qt5, Qt6 (64bit only) > > FreeBSD/Linux: > gtk 2.24 for gtk2, qt4.5 for qt, qt5.6 for qt5, Qt6.2 for qt6, 32 or > 64bit. > > Mac OS X: > Cocoa (64bit) 10.12, Carbon (32bit) 10.5 to 10.14, Qt and Qt5 (32 or > 64bit), Qt6 (64bit only). > > The gitlab page: > https://gitlab.com/freepascal.org/lazarus/lazarus/-/tree/lazarus_4_0_RC_1 > > For people who are blocked by SF, the Lazarus releases from SourceForge > are mirrored at: > https://download.lazarus-ide.org/ > ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/pub/lazarus/releases/ > > == Why should everybody (including you) test the release candidate? == > > In the past weeks the Lazarus team has stabilized the 4.0 fixes branch. > The resulting 4.0RC1 is now stable enough to be used by any one for > test purposes. > > While we have tested those ourselves, there may still be problems > that only occur with very specific configurations or one project in a > million. > > Yes, it may be that you are the only person with a project, that will > not work in the new IDE. So if you do not test, we can not fix it. > > Please do not wait for the final release, in order to test. It may be > too late. Once the release is out we will have to be more selective > about which fixes can be merged for further 3.x releases. So it may be, > that we can not merge the fix you require. And then you will miss out > on all the new features. > > == How to test == > > Download and install the 4.0 RC1. > - On Windows you can install as a 2ndary install, that will not affect > your current install: > > > http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Multiple_Lazarus#Installation_of_multiple_Lazarus > - On other platforms, if you install to a new location you need to use > --primary-config-path > > In either case you should make backups. (including your primary config) > > Open your project in the current Lazarus (4.0), and use "Publish > Project" from the project menu. This creates a clean copy of your > project. > > You can then open that copy in the RC1. Please test: > - If you can edit forms in the designer > - rename components / change properties in Object inspector / Add > new events > - Add components to form / Move components on form > - Frames, if you use them > - If you can navigate the source code (e.g. jump to implementation) > - Auto completion in source code > - Compile, debug and run > - Anything else you use in your daily work > > > Mattias > -- > _______________________________________________ > lazarus mailing list > lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org > https://lists.lazarus-ide.org/listinfo/lazarus >
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