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1.9.6 Todo: what changed

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11## General Todo
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33- ~~improve external behaviour~~
44- ~~improve -Or results~~
55- ~~prevent inlining crashes when referencing static procedures/vars (tw3340)~~
66- ~~(optional) look through IDE bugs~~
77- ~~Integrate system unit and objpas unit in fpdoc~~
88- ~~Update man page for new options~~
99- ~~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>
10+- ~~Update fpcmake docs for new default paths~~ left for the next release ;-)
11+- ~~Test i386 Linux under FC3~~ not working, skipped for this release
1212- ~~Fix bugs in installer (probably related to FVision)~~
1313- ~~install.dat updates for os/2~~
1414- ~~readme.txt updates for *nix (there was some complaint either in bug repository or lists)~~
1515- ~~(Optional) test AMD64 Linux under FC3~~
1616- ~~Fix Lazarus on X11 on Mac OS X~~
1717- ~~searching for fpc.cfg should search \$prefix/fpc.cfg~~
1818- ~~MorphOS: syscalls need to be fixed~~
1919- MorphOS: (optional) add pure SysV syscalls
2020- MorphOS: (optional) add support for array of const in syscalls
2121
2222## Release procedure ([[Release Template]])
2323
24241. ~~Check and update all .msg files~~ Skipped for this releaes, too much work for now.
2525 1. errore.msg
2626 2. errord.msg
2727 3. errorf.msg
2828 4. errorn.msg
2929 5. errorr.msg
3030 6. errorrw.msg
3131 7. errores.msg
32322. ~~New directories~~
3333 1. ~~Create new directories on FTP and set permission to 700 (using a script ...?)~~
3434 2. ~~Copy the extra files (asld*.zip, gdb*.zip, make*.zip, util*.zip) from the old release~~
35353. ~~Check tools~~
3636 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~~
3737 2. ~~Repackage and upload additional tools where needed~~
38384. Update version number in the appropriate CVS branch
3939 1. ~~/compiler/version.pas~~
4040 2. ~~/install/doc/readme.txt~~
4141 3. ~~/install/fpinst/install.dat (header + cfg template)~~
4242 4. ~~/install/fpinst/install.pas (installer version)~~
4343 5. ~~/install/fpc.spec~~
44- 6. ~~/install/install.sh~~ <i>Done by makepack</i>
44+ 6. ~~/install/install.sh~~ Done by makepack
4545 7. /html/faq.fp (things like "the latest version is ...")
4646 8. convert /html/faq.fp to /install/doc/faq.htm and /install/doc/faq.txt
4747 9. ~~/docs/fpc.sty (macro fpcversion)~~
4848 10. ~~All Makefile.fpc files containing version=... (plus regenerate all corresponding Makefiles)~~
49495. ~~Update whatsnew.txt (/install/doc/whatsnew.txt)~~
50506. ~~Finishing all source file updates (= updates frozen until release)~~
51517. ~~Tag CVS with RELEASE_?_?_?~~
52528. ~~Create and upload zip files for GO32v2~~
53539. ~~Create and upload zip files for OS/2~~
545410. Create and upload zip files for Win32
555511. Create and upload tar files for FreeBSD
565612. Create and upload tar files for Linux
5757 1. i386
5858 2. powerpc
5959 3. sparc
6060 4. x86-64
6161 5. arm
626213. Create and upload Linux RPMs
6363 1. i386
6464 2. sparc
6565 3. x86-64
6666 4. powerpc
6767 5. arm
686814. Create and upload Linux DEBs (ask DEB maintainer)
6969 1. i386
7070 2. sparc
7171 3. x86-64
7272 4. powerpc
7373 5. arm
747415. Create and upload the documentation
7575 1. docs-pdf.zip
7676 2. doc-html.zip
7777 3. doc-htm.zip
7878 4. docs-txt.zip
797916. Create and upload source zips
808017. Create and upload source tars
818118. Run makereleasezips
828219. Test the GO32v2 release
8383 1. dos???.zip installation
8484 2. dos???full.zip installation (over the previously installed dos???.zip to simulate updates)
8585 3. make sure readme.txt & whatsnew.txt are for the current version
8686 4. run all executables in /bin/go32v2 (no params)
8787 5. make cycle with newly installed binaries and sources
8888 6. run testsuite
8989 7. open the installed hello.pp in IDE
9090 8. make a minor change in the demo in IDE & save it
9191 9. view documentation in IDE, traverse 2-3 pages (at least one with screenshots)
9292 10. compile the demo file in IDE
9393 11. run the demo within the IDE (debugger)
949420. Test the OS/2 release
9595 1. os2???.zip installation
9696 2. os2???full.zip installation (over the previously installed os2???.zip to simulate updates)
9797 3. make sure readme.txt & whatsnew.txt are for the current version
9898 4. run all executables in /bin/os2 (no params)
9999 5. make cycle with newly installed binaries and sources
100100 6. run testsuite
101101 7. open the installed hello.pp in IDE
102102 8. make a minor change in the demo in IDE & save it
103103 9. view documentation in IDE, traverse 2-3 pages (at least one with screenshots)
104104 10. compile the demo file in IDE
105105 11. run the demo within the IDE (debugger)
10610621. Test the Win32 release
107107 1. w32???.zip installation
108108 2. w32???full.zip installation
109109 3. make sure readme.txt & whatsnew.txt are for the current version
110110 4. run all executables in /bin/win32 (without parameters)
111111 5. make cycle with newly installed binaries and sources
112112 6. run testsuite
113113 7. open the installed hello.pp in IDE
114114 8. make a minor change in the demo in IDE & save it
115115 9. view documentation in IDE, traverse 2-3 pages (at least one with screenshots)
116116 10. compile the demo file in IDE
117117 11. run the demo within the IDE (debugger)
11811822. Test the FreeBSD release
119119 1. FreeBSD tar installation
120120 2. make sure readme.txt & whatsnew.txt are for the current version
121121 3. run all executables in /bin/freebsd (no params)
122122 4. make cycle with newly installed binaries and sources
123123 5. run testsuite
124124 6. open the installed hello.pp in IDE
125125 7. make a minor change in the demo in IDE & save it
126126 8. view documentation in IDE, traverse 2-3 pages (at least one with screenshots)
127127 9. compile the demo file in IDE
128128 10. run the demo within the IDE (debugger)
12912923. Test Linux DEBs
130130 1. Linux DEBs installation
131131 2. make sure readme.txt & whatsnew.txt are for the current version
132132 3. run all executables in /bin/linux (no params)
133133 4. make cycle with newly installed binaries and sources
134134 5. run testsuite
135135 6. open the installed hello.pp in IDE
136136 7. make a minor change in the demo in IDE & save it
137137 8. view documentation in IDE, traverse 2-3 pages (at least one with screenshots)
138138 9. compile the demo file in IDE
139139 10. run the demo within the IDE (debugger)
14014024. Test Linux RPMs
141141 1. Linux RPMs installation
142142 2. make sure readme.txt & whatsnew.txt are for the current version
143143 3. run all executables in /bin/linux (no params)
144144 4. make cycle with newly installed binaries and sources
145145 5. run testsuite
146146 6. open the installed hello.pp in IDE
147147 7. make a minor change in the demo in IDE & save it
148148 8. view documentation in IDE, traverse 2-3 pages (at least one with screenshots)
149149 9. compile the demo file in IDE
150150 10. run the demo within the IDE (debugger)
15115125. Test Linux tar release
152152 1. Linux tar installation
153153 2. make sure readme.txt & whatsnew.txt are for the current version
154154 3. run all executables in /bin/linux (no params)
155155 4. make cycle with newly installed binaries and sources
156156 5. run testsuite
157157 6. open the installed hello.pp in IDE
158158 7. make a minor change in the demo in IDE & save it
159159 8. view documentation in IDE, traverse 2-3 pages (at least one with screenshots)
160160 9. compile the demo file in IDE
161161 10. run the demo within the IDE (debugger)
16216226. Check PDF documentation (open all files)
16316327. Check HTML documentation
16416428. Check TXT documentation
16516529. Read updated text files as distributed in release zip files
166166 1. readme.txt
167167 2. faq.txt
168168 3. whatsnew.txt
16916930. Make new files on FTP available to wide public
170170 1. open new directories for public access
171171 2. update symlinks
172172 3. move the old version to the olddist/\<version\>
17317331. Update WWW pages
174174 1. /html/news.fp
175175 2. /html/download.fp (links to all individual files & file sizes)
176176 3. /html/fpc.fp
17717732. Check the WWW pages
178178 1. make sure <http://www.freepascal.org> contains the new version already
179179 2. read news.html
180180 3. read fpc.html
181181 4. read download.html and check _all_ links to individual files
18218233. Send announcement to our mailing lists
18318334. Post announcement on the community site
18418435. Revise / update /html/future.fp after major versions (?.?.0)
185185
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187187*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).*
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