[fpc-devel] New patch for fpmake

[Joost van der Sluis]

On Sat, 2010-12-04 at 12:52 +0100, Darius Blaszyk wrote:
> I created a new patch for fpmake. It will now compile example programs
> as well.
> 
> http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=18151

How do we want to install compiled executables? And when? Are they part
of the documentation? Where do we want to install them? On Windows I
would say in a sub-dir of the documentation. But on Unices?

> I also have a question regarding an idea I have for resource files. I
> already have made a preliminary patch (not published yet) to use rstconv
> to compile .rst files into a "lang" folder. Extending the idea we could
> also update other existing translations with the newly created .po file.
> eg .po -> .nl.po and .de.po
> 
> Is this idea worthwhile including to fpmkunit?

You can always start with a add-in. If it's general enough it can be
included with fpmkunit. Note that adding an extra dependency (rstconv)
is something we shouldn't do easily.

Joost.