[fpc-pascal] Free Pascal 2.6.4-rc1 released!

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Mon, 30 Dec 2013, Torsten Bonde Christiansen wrote:

> On 2013-12-30 13:01, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> On Mon, 30 Dec 2013, Torsten Bonde Christiansen wrote:
>> 
>>> On 2013-12-19 21:23, Marco van de Voort wrote:
>>>> Hello
>>>> 
>>>> We have placed the first release candidate of the Free Pascal Compiler
>>>> version 2.6.4 on our ftp servers.
>>>> 
>>>> You can help improve the upcoming 2.6.4 release by downloading and
>>>> testing this release. If you want you can report what you have done here:
>>>> http://wiki.freepascal.org/Testers_2.6.4
>>> Hi Again.
>>> 
>>> I have found some issues with PScanner in fcl-passrc. Should i report them 
>>> to both the bugtracker, and the
>>> "Issues" page of 2.6.4 or just the bugtracker.
>> 
>> You should always report bugs in the bugtracker.
>> 
>> And if you provide fixes, make sure the testsuite still runs OK.
> I am not sure this case was tested at all - should i try implementing a new 
> test or just advide what must
> be tested. I ask because i'm not at all familiar with the testing 
> framework... :)

I can't comment without knowing what it is, but if you provide a small test 
program that shows the bug, and that shows that the bug is fixed after your 
patch is applied, I'll integrate it with the unit tests.

Michael.