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

[Florian Klämpfl]

> Am 19.04.2021 um 11:36 schrieb Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-pascal <fpc-pascal at lists.freepascal.org>:
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> On Mon, 19 Apr 2021, Jonas Maebe via fpc-pascal wrote:
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>> On 19/04/2021 11:28, Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-pascal wrote:
>>> On Mon, 19 Apr 2021, Jonas Maebe via fpc-pascal wrote:
>>>> On 19/04/2021 09:28, Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-pascal wrote:
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>>>>> 
>>>>> From what you say, both problems are related to the tool you use. Are
>>>>> there no other tools that can be used ?
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>>>> The wrapping problem is unrelated to the tool, but to the console mode
>>>> focus of our installation files. Such a manually formatted text file is
>>>> simply unsuitable for a GUI installer.
>>> But if the tool didn't wordwrap, all would be OK, no ?
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>> It's not the tool, it doesn't touch the files. It's the GUI of the
>> installer application, which shows a plain window that happens to be
>> slightly too narrow relative to our chosen line length (depending on the
>> kind of characters on the line, as it uses a proportional font).
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> So it's the MacOS installer window that does the wrapping ?
> being used to Inno Setup I automatically assumed the tool also does the
> GUI...
> 
> That explains it. Thanks.
> 

But couldn’t we just wrap ourself in all installers if needed? This should be a no brainer, no?

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