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FPC v.3.0 roadmap

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Bee

Hi,

This morning I saw FPC's SVN was already marked for v.3.0. There must be some reasons why it's not marked for v.2.8 (as successor for currently v.2.6). May I ask... what are the targets and roadmap for FPC v.3.0?

When I looked at the bugtracker, I can't see anything useful, at least to me. When I searched the wiki, I only see the roadmap for Lazarus. CMIIW.

Thank you.

Regards,

-Bee-

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Sven Barth
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"Bee" wrote
Hi, This morning I saw FPC's SVN was already marked for v.3.0. There must be

some reasons why it's not marked for v.2.8 (as successor for currently v.2.6). May I ask... what are the targets and roadmap for FPC v.3.0?

When I looked at the bugtracker, I can't see anything useful, at least to

me. When I searched the wiki, I only see the roadmap for Lazarus. CMIIW.

We don't have "targets" or a "roadmap" for FPC as we simply take what's there and prepare it for release.
It was decided that the changes the compiler experienced since 2.6 are big enough to increase the major version from 2 to 3. Btw: the successor of 2.8 would not necessarily be 3.0, but can also be 2.10. (the FPC_FULLVERSION define would support this as it uses leading zeros for values < 10).

Regards,
Sven

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Bee
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I see. So FPC development has no planned innovation and no vision what it will become. It just takes whatever available. Alright. Thank you. :)

Sven Barth wrote 25 lines
Am 11.01.2015 04:05 schrieb "Bee" : > > Hi, > > This morning I saw FPC's SVN was already marked for v.3.0. There must be some reasons why it's not marked for v.2.8 (as successor for currently v.2.6). May I ask... what are the targets and roadmap for FPC v.3.0? > > When I looked at the bugtracker, I can't see anything useful, at least to me. When I searched the wiki, I only see the roadmap for Lazarus. CMIIW. We don't have "targets" or a "roadmap" for FPC as we simply take what's there and prepare it for release. It was decided that the changes the compiler experienced since 2.6 are big enough to increase the major version from 2 to 3. Btw: the successor of 2.8 would not necessarily be 3.0, but can also be 2.10. (the FPC_FULLVERSION define would support this as it uses leading zeros for values < 10). Regards, Sven _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - http://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
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Jonas Maebe
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Bee wrote
I see. So FPC development has no planned innovation

Sure it does (to the extent that "FPC development" is an entity you can ascribe properties to). Those innovations just not centrally planned :)

and no vision what it will become.

Again: many people, many visions.

It just takes whatever available.

That's more about when a new (major) version get released: that happens when a sufficient number of new features have been added and have stabilised. At that point, we indeed release "whatever available". After all, you can't force anyone to implement something by the next version or a certain deadline in a volunteer project.

Jonas

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Marco van de Voort
to Bee: I see. So FPC development has no planned innovation and no vision what it will become. It…

In our previous episode, Bee said:

I see. So FPC development has no planned innovation and no vision what it will become.

Yes. If there are no (central) resources to allocate, there is nothing much to centrally plan.

It just takes whatever available. Alright. Thank you. :)

No, there is more but that is being worked out on detail level during the project, not planned up front.

There are some very global guidelines in that (like Delphi compatibility and multiplatform use), but that is about it.

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