[fpc-pascal] Who is working on getting FreePascal released?

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Mon, 20 Apr 2026, Thomas Kurz via fpc-pascal wrote:

> I'm not on fpc-devel either. May I ask to summarize the discussion in a few sentences?

I'm proposing to automate more to achieve half-yearly releases.

We currently use only a fraction of what gitlab offers. 
I believe that we can automate a large part of what should be fixes
releases.

Major releases (like 3.4.0) will obviously require more testing,
but that should not stop us from releasing more fixes.

Others are not convinced that this would help and believe human or
organisational problems are the real cause of the delay.

This is not wrong, but my view is that by diminishing the burden 
of creating a release by making it more efficient, the human and
organisational problems will be less big and easier tackled.

> I'm also eagerly waiting for the next release.  Not for 3.2.4, but for
> 3.4.0.  Imho, it'd be desirable to have yearly releases with only some
> enhancements and new features instead of waiting for big steps for more
> than 6 years.

Everyone is agreed on the problem.

Agreeing on the solution proves more difficult.

Michael.