[fpc-pascal]fpc pascal still alive?

[Florian Klaempfl]

At 01:15 01.12.01 -0200, you wrote:
>Hi Florian,
>
> > >so i wont be too difficult for fpc-team to make an official release.<g>
> >
> > Hmmm, but a real release must be "bullet-proofed".
> >
> > I think 1.0.4 took me at least one week of work and I only did
> > go32v2 and win32. If you don't believe, have a look at
> > the release.tem file in the install module of the cvs. It lists
> > the tasks which must be done for a release...
>
>
>Why don't you issue a "release candidate" and, if noone reports any
>serious bug in a week or two, re-release it as 1.0.6?

Yes and no. Most work take things like updating the error
message files for all languages, update the installer etc...

Further, my internet connection isn't that fast (ISDN, one line)
so the upload of a release takes also some time.


>Let we "bullet-proof" the release, that how free software is suposed to
>work. :-)

No, free (and open) software means that you use CVS to get always the
most uptodate sources (and files) :)