[fpc-pascal] Re: FPC 2.2.1 on Mac OS X

[Damien Gerard]

Le Jun 4, 2008 à 8:51 AM, Karl-Michael Schindler a écrit :

> Hi
>
> I only noticed now the discussion on the mailing list about fpc  
> 2.2.1 and lazarus on Mac OS X. As the maintainer of the .info files  
> of fpc and lazarus I should probably lay out my ideas about the  
> future.
>
> The next step is fpc 2.2.2. It should resolve some of the issues in  
> a clean way and enable to remove some workarounds as well as serve  
> as a solid base for a lazarus installation.
>
> When this is settled, I will extend lazarus in the following way:
>
> 1) create so-called splitoffs, so there will be separate packages  
> for lazarus-gtk1, lazarus-aqua and when ready lazarus-gtk2.
> Then the user can simply choose the best interface for his  
> situation. This can be done, whatever the default setting of  
> LCLPLATFORM will be.
>
> 2) create double clickable Lazarus applications with links in / 
> Applications/Fink.
>

Please not Fink. Put only Lazarus.app as it already exists (Carbon  
widgetset) into /Applications/ (through an installer since it installs  
FPC too).

> A remaining question is about the code base I will use for lazarus.  
> The best solution would clearly be that lazarus 0.9.26 comes out  
> shortly before i am ready and so I could base in on that. If not, I  
> would submit versions based on plain 0.9.24 as a first step.  
> Depending on the conditions then, one could consider an intermediate  
> 0.9.25 version.
>
> What is the status of the aqua version? Is 0.9.24 good enough at  
> least as a start until 0.9.26 is ready or is it absolutely necessary  
> to include the fixes since 0.9.24?
>
> Best wishes - Michael.



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