The win64 versions of fpc and Lazarus have improved a lot in the last
couple of months. So much that we can include it in the regular releases
when fpc 2.2.0 has been released (expected this summer).
To celebrate this, the Lazarus team has uploaded a snapshot to the
Lazarus testing download area on Sourceforge:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=89339&package_id=93599
Main differences between the win32 and win64 version:
* No debugger support in win64 (there is no gdb for win64).
* No resource support, so no default icon for example and no windows xp
look, due to missing manifest (gnu's windres doesn't support win64)
* Lazarus for windows 64 is less used and tested, so a lot of components
and packages may not work (for example LazReport). Create bug reports
for things you have noticed.
This installer can be seen as a release candidate for the first official
Lazarus release with win64, which will probably made a couple of weeks
after the fpc 2.2.0 release.
The main purpose of this announcement and the upload to sourceforge is
to attract more people who can test this lazarus version. Please use the
bugtracker http://www.freepascal.org/mantis/set_project.php?project_id=1
if you notice bugs that are not in the win32 version.
Vincent
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