[fpc-pascal] Free Pascal 2.6.0rc1 released

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

On 24/11/2011, Bernd <prof7bit at g....> wrote:
> number than the already released release candidate itself. Thats the
> main thing that is so confusing about it. It also leads to the
> necessity to modify the tag after tagging which is considered bad
> practice.

Don't worry, you are not alone. I also find this way of applying
version numbering (rc releases specifically) confusing. Other projects
handle RC releases much better. If definitely becomes problematic if
you are using "a to be released as stable" version of FPC and you have
code that you need to {$IF FPCVER...} - the versioning is all wrong,
until the stable release is actually released, which means you need to
revisit your code again too. :-(

Also regarding tagging. The FPC and Lazarus projects do not
distinguish between branches and tags. They treat them both as the
same thing, even apply commits to tags. Very bad practice indeed, or
just the remnants of a bad version control system.


-- 
Regards,
  - Graeme -


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