On 11/08/2010 00:39, Frank Church wrote:
On 10 August 2010 23:09, Martin <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
0.9.28.3 is the fixes version of this release. It contains
selected fixes from the active development (sometimes also new
features). If I read the SVN log correctly it was last updated in
March.
0.9.29 is the active development, it changes daily, often more
than one change on a day. It has all new features, all bug fixes
that have been done, and may also have new bugs (happens
sometimes). And it should compile with 2.5.1 (at least it does for me)
As for the fpc version. The download page offers selected
combinations. You can do separate downloads and use the desired
version of Lazarus with a different fpc version. So long as it is
at elast the minimum required.
Martin
Do the fixes apply to the IDE itself, components or both, especially
with 0.9.28.3?
First of all, I am not sure, if the current fixes download, actually is
the fixes download (the revision number in the filename indicates it is
actually the same as 0.9.29. If so that will hopefully be corrected, if
not: someone will confirm/
Fixes can apply to the IDE or the components that come with the IDE. (It
does not include 3rd party or lazarus-ccr components)
Keeping up would be difficult if component/library changes depended on
the IDE changes to. I'd like to keep component changes separately from
the IDE.
The fixes version probably will try to avoid dependency changes in fpc
or OS libs (e.g QT or gtk).
Is source code compatibility with fpc 2.4 a priority?
Afaik all versions of lazarus (0.9.28 and up) can be compiled with fpc 2.4.
If you want to play and try. you can install more than one Lazarus. So
you can download a snapshot for testing. Install it in a new directory.
However if you do this, you must start the extra installations with
--primary-config-path=C:\some_unique_path
Best also to backup your config dir (in your userdir
AppData\LocalNow\lazarus) in case the installer overrides it. Or
download a zip, and don't run an installer
Martin
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