Krzysztof wrote:
BTW two questions:
1. What is FPC 2.6.1? Is this stable version? If yes why on
http://www.freepascal.org/ is 2.6.0 as latest? 2.6.1 is some patch?
2. When FPC 2.7.X is planned? We have now Lazarus 1.0, It would be
nice if it worked with version 2.7.X
My understanding is as follows:
2.6.0 Current stable
2.6.2 Stable + fixes
2.7.x Development
2.8.0 Next stable
So 2.6.1 is 2.6.0 plus fixes which is considered to be unstable, and
might later be rolled out as 2.6.2.
I think the notation comes originally from the Linux kernel where 2.4
and 2.6 were both stable but 2.5 was development. However kernel
versions 2.6.0, 2.6.1 etc. were all equally intended as stable, while in
the case of FPC the even/odd state of both the second and third numbers
are significant.
It's important to appreciate that the next version after a hypothetical
2.6.9 is /not/ 2.7.0, it's 2.6.10: this has been a property of version
control systems since the days of yore. For even murkier history, see
http://www.udanax.com/green/febe/tumblers.html
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Mark Morgan Lloyd
markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk
[Opinions above are the author's, not those of his employers or colleagues]
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