Hi, 2008/1/15, Vincent Snijders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Fabio Dell'Aria schreef: > > > > > > Yes I understand but why loose so many new users? > > All the programmers come from Delphi reports this issue and only a > > little subset of them check for a solution on Google. > > Others are lost! > > So what? It is their loss. If they cannot even find out how to do this, > how can we > expect them to become contributors? So, it even is a nice selection > mechanism for > new users. (OK, maybe I am overreaction now). Remember Lazarus is not a > commercial > product that needs users to survive, it is a open source project that > needs > contributors (for the LCL, the IDE, for documentation, for testing (which > needs good > backtraces), for writing and porting components) to survive. I don't > expect users > who cannot find out how to put the checkboxes in the compiler options > dialog (yes, > we can improve the IDE in this area), to be much of an help.
I can understand your pint of view Vincent. > > > But if a solution exists why do not use it? > > > > I do not understand! :( > > > > Because it excludes the use of debug information for users that want that > information. Removing it is trivial, adding it much harder. Can be created different base paths, one containing the debugged .o files and one without (as Delphi just done). Delphi simply change the search path for the RTL/VCL .DCU files relating to the "Use Debug DCUs" compiler option. Vincent > > _________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > "unsubscribe" as the Subject > archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives > -- Best regards... Fabio Dell'Aria.
