[fpc-devel] Backport request for 2.4.2: Improved Interfaces support

[Joost van der Sluis]

On Thu, 2010-05-27 at 16:52 +0200, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I worked through the various patches in 2.5.1 to see what is required
> to successfully backport the improved Interfaces and Interface
> Delegation support into 2.4.2. Below is a list of patches that need to
> be applied to 2.4.1. I have done this a few times to make sure and
> they all applied successfully using 'patch -p1 < [patch_name]'.  I
> have also ran numerous tests using the improved Supports() and
> Implements functionality and it works like a charm when Corba
> interfaces are used.  This would be a great addition to 2.4.2, so
> pretty please... :-)
> 
> Patch that need to be applied to Fixes branch are:
> 
>  14466   // Sergei Gorelkin
>  15066   // ivost did all the rest
>  15067
>  15068
>  15073
>  15077
>  15078
>  15079
>  15080
>  15081
>  15082
>  15084
>  15085
>  15086
>  15087
> 

2.4.2 is almost released... ;) There will probably will be a delay due
to another problem. But I can guarantee you that this won't make 2.4.2.

Maybe not even 2.4.4, as it is really a new compiler-feature, not a
bug-fix.

Joost.