On 10 August 2010 23:09, Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10/08/2010 22:51, Frank Church wrote: > >> When I look at the Lazarus snapshots page I see: >> >> Lazarus >> Lazarus fixes >> Lazarus 09.28.3 >> Lazarus 09.28.3 fixes >> Lazarus fixes+ fpc 2.4.0 >> Lazarus + fpc 2.4.0 >> Lazarus + fpc 2.4.3 >> >> Does that mean that the current version of Lazarus is 0.9.29 using fpc >> 2.5.1, with backports to 0.9.28 as fixes, as well us code being modified to >> be backwardly compatible with fpc 2.4.0 and 2.4.3? >> >> Is version 0.9.28 being actively developed for compatibility with fpc >> 2.5.1, ie is the main compiler for 0.9.28 fpc 2.5.1? >> > > I can see fixes only in combination with 0.9.28.3 > "fixes" simply indicates, that only selected fixes were added after the > last release. > > You can deduct most from the version number: > - even numbers are releases. they are fixed, do not change. > - odd numbers indicate development version. The same version may be a > different product on any day > - The 4th digit being odd, indicates "fixes" 0.9.28.ODD > > The last release was 0.9.28.2. Which was released with fpc 2.2.4 (but may > work with newer fpc too) > 0.9.28(.0) was the previous release. > Since 0.9.28 and 0.9.28,2 are released, they do no longer change. > > 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? 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.
Is source code compatibility with fpc 2.4 a priority? -- > _______________________________________________ > Lazarus mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus > -- Frank Church ======================= http://devblog.brahmancreations.com
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