[fpc-devel] FPC 2.0.4 is out!

[Stefan Kisdaroczi]

Stefan Kisdaroczi wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Daniël Mantione wrote:
>> Op Tue, 29 Aug 2006, schreef Rob van der Linde:
>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>> It would be nice to see 64 bit .DEB packages downloadable too, in the
>>> future maybe. I think .DEB packages are very important to support, since
>>> Ubuntu is now one of the top Linux distros.
>> .deb packages will only be available if there are volunteers to build 
>> them. There were for i386, but not x86_64.
> 
> i'm using debian unstable (amd64) and build the deb's always for me.
> I have uploaded them now to my private homepage [1] for download.

Sorry :
http://homepage.hispeed.ch/kisda/

> 
> greetings
> kisda
> 
>> One problem with .deb packages (and also with .rpm) is that one needs a 
>> full Latex installation on his system in order to be able to compile the 
>> documentation. With .tar this is not necessary, because people who build 
>> a package can use a pre-built documentation set.
>>
>> The result is that most people who maintain a platform choose to build 
>> .tar only. Of course, another point is that not everyone in the team uses 
>> Debian or a Debian derivate. The x86_64 release was built by someone who 
>> uses SuSE.
>>
>> Daniël
>>
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