1.9.6 Todo: what changed
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Title: 1.9.6 Todo
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| 1 | + | ## General Todo | |
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| 3 | + | - ~~improve external behaviour~~ | |
| 4 | + | - ~~improve -Or results~~ | |
| 5 | + | - ~~prevent inlining crashes when referencing static procedures/vars (tw3340)~~ | |
| 6 | + | - ~~(optional) look through IDE bugs~~ | |
| 7 | + | - ~~Integrate system unit and objpas unit in fpdoc~~ | |
| 8 | + | - ~~Update man page for new options~~ | |
| 9 | + | - ~~Update docs for new default paths~~ | |
| 10 | + | - ~~Update fpcmake docs for new default paths~~ <i>left for the next release ;-)</i> | |
| 11 | + | - ~~Test i386 Linux under FC3~~ <i>not working, skipped for this release</i> | |
| 12 | + | - ~~Fix bugs in installer (probably related to FVision)~~ | |
| 13 | + | - ~~install.dat updates for os/2~~ | |
| 14 | + | - ~~readme.txt updates for *nix (there was some complaint either in bug repository or lists)~~ | |
| 15 | + | - ~~(Optional) test AMD64 Linux under FC3~~ | |
| 16 | + | - ~~Fix Lazarus on X11 on Mac OS X~~ | |
| 17 | + | - ~~searching for fpc.cfg should search \$prefix/fpc.cfg~~ | |
| 18 | + | - ~~MorphOS: syscalls need to be fixed~~ | |
| 19 | + | - MorphOS: (optional) add pure SysV syscalls | |
| 20 | + | - MorphOS: (optional) add support for array of const in syscalls | |
| 21 | + | ||
| 22 | + | ## Release procedure ([[Release Template]]) | |
| 23 | + | ||
| 24 | + | 1. ~~Check and update all .msg files~~ Skipped for this releaes, too much work for now. | |
| 25 | + | 1. errore.msg | |
| 26 | + | 2. errord.msg | |
| 27 | + | 3. errorf.msg | |
| 28 | + | 4. errorn.msg | |
| 29 | + | 5. errorr.msg | |
| 30 | + | 6. errorrw.msg | |
| 31 | + | 7. errores.msg | |
| 32 | + | 2. ~~New directories~~ | |
| 33 | + | 1. ~~Create new directories on FTP and set permission to 700 (using a script ...?)~~ | |
| 34 | + | 2. ~~Copy the extra files (asld*.zip, gdb*.zip, make*.zip, util*.zip) from the old release~~ | |
| 35 | + | 3. ~~Check tools~~ | |
| 36 | + | 1. ~~Check version of the above mentioned tools (GNU tools, helper DLLs, UPX, etc.), and decide whether it isn't time to update some of these tools~~ | |
| 37 | + | 2. ~~Repackage and upload additional tools where needed~~ | |
| 38 | + | 4. Update version number in the appropriate CVS branch | |
| 39 | + | 1. ~~/compiler/version.pas~~ | |
| 40 | + | 2. ~~/install/doc/readme.txt~~ | |
| 41 | + | 3. ~~/install/fpinst/install.dat (header + cfg template)~~ | |
| 42 | + | 4. ~~/install/fpinst/install.pas (installer version)~~ | |
| 43 | + | 5. ~~/install/fpc.spec~~ | |
| 44 | + | 6. ~~/install/install.sh~~ <i>Done by makepack</i> | |
| 45 | + | 7. /html/faq.fp (things like "the latest version is ...") | |
| 46 | + | 8. convert /html/faq.fp to /install/doc/faq.htm and /install/doc/faq.txt | |
| 47 | + | 9. ~~/docs/fpc.sty (macro fpcversion)~~ | |
| 48 | + | 10. ~~All Makefile.fpc files containing version=... (plus regenerate all corresponding Makefiles)~~ | |
| 49 | + | 5. ~~Update whatsnew.txt (/install/doc/whatsnew.txt)~~ | |
| 50 | + | 6. ~~Finishing all source file updates (= updates frozen until release)~~ | |
| 51 | + | 7. ~~Tag CVS with RELEASE_?_?_?~~ | |
| 52 | + | 8. ~~Create and upload zip files for GO32v2~~ | |
| 53 | + | 9. ~~Create and upload zip files for OS/2~~ | |
| 54 | + | 10. Create and upload zip files for Win32 | |
| 55 | + | 11. Create and upload tar files for FreeBSD | |
| 56 | + | 12. Create and upload tar files for Linux | |
| 57 | + | 1. i386 | |
| 58 | + | 2. powerpc | |
| 59 | + | 3. sparc | |
| 60 | + | 4. x86-64 | |
| 61 | + | 5. arm | |
| 62 | + | 13. Create and upload Linux RPMs | |
| 63 | + | 1. i386 | |
| 64 | + | 2. sparc | |
| 65 | + | 3. x86-64 | |
| 66 | + | 4. powerpc | |
| 67 | + | 5. arm | |
| 68 | + | 14. Create and upload Linux DEBs (ask DEB maintainer) | |
| 69 | + | 1. i386 | |
| 70 | + | 2. sparc | |
| 71 | + | 3. x86-64 | |
| 72 | + | 4. powerpc | |
| 73 | + | 5. arm | |
| 74 | + | 15. Create and upload the documentation | |
| 75 | + | 1. docs-pdf.zip | |
| 76 | + | 2. doc-html.zip | |
| 77 | + | 3. doc-htm.zip | |
| 78 | + | 4. docs-txt.zip | |
| 79 | + | 16. Create and upload source zips | |
| 80 | + | 17. Create and upload source tars | |
| 81 | + | 18. Run makereleasezips | |
| 82 | + | 19. Test the GO32v2 release | |
| 83 | + | 1. dos???.zip installation | |
| 84 | + | 2. dos???full.zip installation (over the previously installed dos???.zip to simulate updates) | |
| 85 | + | 3. make sure readme.txt & whatsnew.txt are for the current version | |
| 86 | + | 4. run all executables in /bin/go32v2 (no params) | |
| 87 | + | 5. make cycle with newly installed binaries and sources | |
| 88 | + | 6. run testsuite | |
| 89 | + | 7. open the installed hello.pp in IDE | |
| 90 | + | 8. make a minor change in the demo in IDE & save it | |
| 91 | + | 9. view documentation in IDE, traverse 2-3 pages (at least one with screenshots) | |
| 92 | + | 10. compile the demo file in IDE | |
| 93 | + | 11. run the demo within the IDE (debugger) | |
| 94 | + | 20. Test the OS/2 release | |
| 95 | + | 1. os2???.zip installation | |
| 96 | + | 2. os2???full.zip installation (over the previously installed os2???.zip to simulate updates) | |
| 97 | + | 3. make sure readme.txt & whatsnew.txt are for the current version | |
| 98 | + | 4. run all executables in /bin/os2 (no params) | |
| 99 | + | 5. make cycle with newly installed binaries and sources | |
| 100 | + | 6. run testsuite | |
| 101 | + | 7. open the installed hello.pp in IDE | |
| 102 | + | 8. make a minor change in the demo in IDE & save it | |
| 103 | + | 9. view documentation in IDE, traverse 2-3 pages (at least one with screenshots) | |
| 104 | + | 10. compile the demo file in IDE | |
| 105 | + | 11. run the demo within the IDE (debugger) | |
| 106 | + | 21. Test the Win32 release | |
| 107 | + | 1. w32???.zip installation | |
| 108 | + | 2. w32???full.zip installation | |
| 109 | + | 3. make sure readme.txt & whatsnew.txt are for the current version | |
| 110 | + | 4. run all executables in /bin/win32 (without parameters) | |
| 111 | + | 5. make cycle with newly installed binaries and sources | |
| 112 | + | 6. run testsuite | |
| 113 | + | 7. open the installed hello.pp in IDE | |
| 114 | + | 8. make a minor change in the demo in IDE & save it | |
| 115 | + | 9. view documentation in IDE, traverse 2-3 pages (at least one with screenshots) | |
| 116 | + | 10. compile the demo file in IDE | |
| 117 | + | 11. run the demo within the IDE (debugger) | |
| 118 | + | 22. Test the FreeBSD release | |
| 119 | + | 1. FreeBSD tar installation | |
| 120 | + | 2. make sure readme.txt & whatsnew.txt are for the current version | |
| 121 | + | 3. run all executables in /bin/freebsd (no params) | |
| 122 | + | 4. make cycle with newly installed binaries and sources | |
| 123 | + | 5. run testsuite | |
| 124 | + | 6. open the installed hello.pp in IDE | |
| 125 | + | 7. make a minor change in the demo in IDE & save it | |
| 126 | + | 8. view documentation in IDE, traverse 2-3 pages (at least one with screenshots) | |
| 127 | + | 9. compile the demo file in IDE | |
| 128 | + | 10. run the demo within the IDE (debugger) | |
| 129 | + | 23. Test Linux DEBs | |
| 130 | + | 1. Linux DEBs installation | |
| 131 | + | 2. make sure readme.txt & whatsnew.txt are for the current version | |
| 132 | + | 3. run all executables in /bin/linux (no params) | |
| 133 | + | 4. make cycle with newly installed binaries and sources | |
| 134 | + | 5. run testsuite | |
| 135 | + | 6. open the installed hello.pp in IDE | |
| 136 | + | 7. make a minor change in the demo in IDE & save it | |
| 137 | + | 8. view documentation in IDE, traverse 2-3 pages (at least one with screenshots) | |
| 138 | + | 9. compile the demo file in IDE | |
| 139 | + | 10. run the demo within the IDE (debugger) | |
| 140 | + | 24. Test Linux RPMs | |
| 141 | + | 1. Linux RPMs installation | |
| 142 | + | 2. make sure readme.txt & whatsnew.txt are for the current version | |
| 143 | + | 3. run all executables in /bin/linux (no params) | |
| 144 | + | 4. make cycle with newly installed binaries and sources | |
| 145 | + | 5. run testsuite | |
| 146 | + | 6. open the installed hello.pp in IDE | |
| 147 | + | 7. make a minor change in the demo in IDE & save it | |
| 148 | + | 8. view documentation in IDE, traverse 2-3 pages (at least one with screenshots) | |
| 149 | + | 9. compile the demo file in IDE | |
| 150 | + | 10. run the demo within the IDE (debugger) | |
| 151 | + | 25. Test Linux tar release | |
| 152 | + | 1. Linux tar installation | |
| 153 | + | 2. make sure readme.txt & whatsnew.txt are for the current version | |
| 154 | + | 3. run all executables in /bin/linux (no params) | |
| 155 | + | 4. make cycle with newly installed binaries and sources | |
| 156 | + | 5. run testsuite | |
| 157 | + | 6. open the installed hello.pp in IDE | |
| 158 | + | 7. make a minor change in the demo in IDE & save it | |
| 159 | + | 8. view documentation in IDE, traverse 2-3 pages (at least one with screenshots) | |
| 160 | + | 9. compile the demo file in IDE | |
| 161 | + | 10. run the demo within the IDE (debugger) | |
| 162 | + | 26. Check PDF documentation (open all files) | |
| 163 | + | 27. Check HTML documentation | |
| 164 | + | 28. Check TXT documentation | |
| 165 | + | 29. Read updated text files as distributed in release zip files | |
| 166 | + | 1. readme.txt | |
| 167 | + | 2. faq.txt | |
| 168 | + | 3. whatsnew.txt | |
| 169 | + | 30. Make new files on FTP available to wide public | |
| 170 | + | 1. open new directories for public access | |
| 171 | + | 2. update symlinks | |
| 172 | + | 3. move the old version to the olddist/\<version\> | |
| 173 | + | 31. Update WWW pages | |
| 174 | + | 1. /html/news.fp | |
| 175 | + | 2. /html/download.fp (links to all individual files & file sizes) | |
| 176 | + | 3. /html/fpc.fp | |
| 177 | + | 32. Check the WWW pages | |
| 178 | + | 1. make sure <http://www.freepascal.org> contains the new version already | |
| 179 | + | 2. read news.html | |
| 180 | + | 3. read fpc.html | |
| 181 | + | 4. read download.html and check _all_ links to individual files | |
| 182 | + | 33. Send announcement to our mailing lists | |
| 183 | + | 34. Post announcement on the community site | |
| 184 | + | 35. Revise / update /html/future.fp after major versions (?.?.0) | |
| 185 | + | ||
| 186 | + | --- | |
| 187 | + | *From the Free Pascal wiki, page "1.9.6 Todo", as it stood on 2013-03-17 after a change by Chronos, out of the wiki's dump of 2024-05-26. Copyright stays with the author who wrote it, according to the old wiki's [[Licensing]] page. If you have concerns about this material, [message the admin](/wiki-contact).* | |
| 188 | + | Category: FPC Todo |