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

[Warren Postma]

Perhaps the general aura of decrepidness is being affected by the fact that
the forums are down also
https://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php
--> 504

I am a mac, linux, and windows dev, I'll join the devel list, and see what
I can do.


On Mon, Apr 20, 2026 at 2:02 AM Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-pascal <
fpc-pascal at lists.freepascal.org> wrote:

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>
> 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.
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