[fpc-devel] The future of fpmake

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:57:48 +0200 (CEST)
marcov at stack.nl (Marco van de Voort) wrote:

> In our previous episode, michael.vancanneyt at wisa.be said:
> > > - implement the creation of installer (scripts) for all platforms
> > 
> > I doubt a cross-platform installer is feasible within the scope of FPC.
> > If you mean the creation of a skeleton inno setup script or a .rpm or .deb
> > spec, that can be thought of.
> 
> While I really like the instantfpc gimmick, I don't think it should be a
> part of any crucial infrastructure. At least on FreeBSD shells need to be
> registered, there are special rules for their permissions, security
> implications etc etc.

It is not a shell. For example a perl program requires the perl
interpreter.

Mattias