[fpc-pascal] Separate release cycle for RTL and compiler proposal

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Mon, 19 Apr 2021, Karoly Balogh via fpc-pascal wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Mon, 19 Apr 2021, Sven Barth via fpc-pascal wrote:
>
>>> Am 18.04.2021 um 23:29 schrieb Zamrony P. Juhara via fpc-pascal:
>>>
>>> I would like to propose to separate RTL release  from compiler release
>>> so that RTL bug fixes and features can be released with shorter release
>>> cycle. Is that possible?
>>
>> No, the RTL and the compiler are tightly coupled.
>>
>> What might be possible are further packages like the FCL and
>> interfaceing units, but the core RTL itself definitely not.
>
> I think the need comes from the fact that the release cycle for the
> compiler is horribly long, which I tend to agree with. But I think this
> comes from the fact that the release for Tier 1 platforms is still mostly
> prepared manually. So if we want to improve on that, we need to improve
> the automated packaging of relase-ready binaries at least for Windows,
> Linux and MacOS, so Tier 1 systems. Linux is a no brainer, but I've no
> clue about what would automating the packaging the Windows or macOS
> installers involve.

Windows is also a no-brainer, it's perfectly scriptable. We're using inno
setup.

But MacOS is a problem.

Michael.