Release 2.0.4: what changed

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1	1		## Release organization
2	2
3	3		1. All patches important for 2.0.4 should be submitted by the end of June.
4	4		2. New branch for the release will be created from the fixes branch on the 2nd July (Sunday) before lunch. Once the branch is ready, I'll announce it here. Everybody can start to build release candidate of his platforms (version number in file names should be appended with "-rcN") at that moment (I'll try to keep track of who is doing what in Wiki). URL of SVN branch for release candidate 1 is <http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/fpcbuild/tags/release_2_0_4_rc1/> (note that with svn+ssh: protocol this becomes svn+ssh://svn.freepascal.org/FPC/svn/fcpbuild/tags/release_2_0_4_rc1/).
5		-	3. As much as possible should be tested and fixed by July 15 (Saturday). However, fixes are <u>not</u> applied to the release branch, but rather just marked with "2.0.4 fix:" in SVN comment (and merged to the fixes branch as appropriate). Please, make sure that only real fixes are marked this way, no last moment "features" this time (once again, all required features should be committed before end of June).
	5	+	3. As much as possible should be tested and fixed by July 15 (Saturday). However, fixes are not applied to the release branch, but rather just marked with "2.0.4 fix:" in SVN comment (and merged to the fixes branch as appropriate). Please, make sure that only real fixes are marked this way, no last moment "features" this time (once again, all required features should be committed before end of June).
6	6		4. Encountered issues (and their status) should be documented [[Issues 2.0.4\|here]].
7	7		5. I'll merge the marked patches to the release branch on July 16 (Sunday), announce it and then the new testing cycle can start. As soon as no major issues are encountered, real release will be published.
8	8
9	9		## Release procedure ([[Release Template]])
10	10
11	11		Note that detailed information for some tasks can be found in [[Release engineering]]. These two pages should be eventually merged (or probably rather better interlinked) in the future.
12	12
13	13		### Release preparations
14	14
15	15		1. ~~Agree on deadline for changes~~ (done)
16	16		2. ~~New page in Wiki for release procedure with steps needed and their status (this page), at the beginning consisting of RC1 and final release sections~~ (done)
17	17		3. Check and update all .msg files - running, coordinated by Tomas
18	18		1. errore.msg - John?
19	19		2. ~~errord.msg - Karl-Michael Schindler~~ (done)
20	20		3. errorf.msg - Remi Dorlet and "Oro06"/"Olivier"
21	21		4. ~~errorn.msg - Matthijs Willemstein~~ (done)
22	22		5. errorr.msg - Michail Baikov
23	23		6. errorrw.msg - Michail Baikov
24	24		7. errorues.msg
25	25		8. errores.msg
26	26		9. errorct.msg
27	27		10. ~~errorhe.msg - Ido Kanner~~ (done)
28	28		11. ~~errorptd.msg - Ari Ricardo Ody~~ (done)
29	29		12. ~~errorptw.msg - Ari Ricardo Ody~~ (done)
30	30		13. errorpli.msg - Wojciech Malinowski
31	31		14. errorpl.msg - Wojciech Malinowski
32	32		15. ~~errorid.msg - Zaenal Mutaqin~~ (done)
33	33		4. ~~Check tools~~ (no updates this time)
34	34		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
35	35		2. Repackage and upload additional tools where needed
36	36		5. ~~Update whatsnew.txt (/install/doc/whatsnew.txt) - Florian~~ (done)
37		-	~~6. ~~Finish all source file updates~~ - <b>July 1</b>~~
	37	+	6. ~~Finish all source file updates~~ - July 1
38	38		7. ~~Update version number to new release number - Tomas~~ (done)
39	39		1. ~~/install/doc/readme.txt~~ (done)
40	40		2. ~~/installer/install.dat (header)~~ (done)
41	41		3. ~~/installer/install.pas (installer version)~~ (done)
42	42		4. /install/fpc.spec
43		-	~~5. /install/install.sh <i>Done by makepack</i>~~
	43	+	5. /install/install.sh Done by makepack
44	44		6. ~~convert /html/faq.fp to /install/doc/faq.htm and /install/doc/faq.txt~~ (done)
45	45		7. ~~/docs/fpc.sty (macro fpcversion)~~ (done)
46	46		8. ~~All Makefile.fpc files containing version=... (plus regenerate all corresponding Makefiles)~~ (done)
47	47
48	48		### RC1
49	49
50	50		1. ~~Create new page in Wiki with issue log for documentation of issues encountered in release candidates and their status~~ (done)
51	51		2. ~~New directories~~ (done)
52	52		1. ~~Create new directories on ftp~~ (done)
53	53		2. ~~Copy the extra files (asld.zip, gdb.zip, make*.zip) from previous release (unless updated with new versions)~~ (done)
54		-	~~3. ~~Create new rc1 branch in SVN - <b>July 2</b>, Tomas~~ (done)~~
55		-	~~4. ~~Update version number in rc1 branch to \#.#.#-rc# - <b>July 2</b>, Tomas~~ (done)~~
56		-	~~1. ~~/compiler/version.pas - <b>July 2</b>, Tomas~~ (done)~~
57		-	~~5. ~~Create and upload exported fpcbuild.zip - <b>July 2</b>, Tomas~~ (done)~~
	54	+	3. ~~Create new rc1 branch in SVN - July 2, Tomas~~ (done)
	55	+	4. ~~Update version number in rc1 branch to \#.#.#-rc# - July 2, Tomas~~ (done)
	56	+	1. ~~/compiler/version.pas - July 2, Tomas~~ (done)
	57	+	5. ~~Create and upload exported fpcbuild.zip - July 2, Tomas~~ (done)
58	58		6. Create and upload the documentation - Michael
59	59		1. ~~doc-pdf.zip~~ (done)
60	60		2. ~~doc-html.zip~~ (done)
61	61		3. ~~doc-htm.zip~~ (not included)
62	62		4. ~~doc-txt.zip~~ (done)
63	63		5. ~~doc-ps.zip~~ (done)
64	64		6. ~~doc-pdf.tar.gz~~ (done)
65	65		7. ~~doc-html.tar.gz~~ (done)
66	66		8. ~~doc-ps.tar.gz~~ (done)
67	67		7. Create and upload source zips
68	68		1. ~~short name version for binary packages - Tomas~~ (done)
69	69		2. short name version for docs source
70	70		3. long name version for binary packages
71	71		4. long name version for docs source
72	72		8. Create and upload source tars
73	73		9. ~~Create and upload zip files for i386-go32v2 - Tomas~~ (done)
74	74		1. ~~basic zip (just binaries)~~ (done)
75	75		2. ~~full zip (including docs and sources)~~ (done)
76	76		10. ~~Create and upload zip files for i386-os2 - Tomas~~ (done)
77	77		1. ~~basic zip (just binaries)~~ (done)
78	78		2. ~~full zip (including docs and sources)~~ (done)
79	79		11. ~~Create and upload installer exe for i386-win32 - Florian~~ (done)
80	80		12. Create and upload tgz file for i386-freebsd - Marco
81	81		13. Create and upload release for i386-linux
82	82		1. ~~tar - Michael~~ (done)
83	83		2. deb - Peter
84	84		3. rpm - Michael
85	85		14. Create and upload release for powerpc-linux
86	86		1. ~~tar - Thomas~~ (done)
87	87		15. Create and upload release for powerpc-macosx - Jonas
88	88		1. ~~.dmg package~~ (done)
89	89		2. ~~.info files for fink - Mischi~~ (done)
90	90		16. Create and upload release for powerpc-macos
91	91		17. Create and upload release for powerpc-morphos - Charlie
92	92		18. Create and upload zip files for i386-netware
93	93		19. Create and upload zip files for i386-netwlibc
94	94		20. Create and upload release for sparc-linux
95	95		1. tar
96	96		21. Create and upload release for arm-linux (cross-release)
97	97		1. tar - Daniel
98	98		22. Create and upload release for x86_64-linux
99	99		1. tar - Michael
100	100		23. Run makereleasezips (combine small ZIP files together)
101	101		24. ~~Consider announcing availability of the new RC in fpc-devel list and/or ask there for dedicated testers for individual platforms~~ (done)
102	102		25. Test the GO32v2 release
103	103		1. dos???.zip installation
104	104		2. dos???full.zip installation (over the previously installed dos???.zip to simulate updates)
105	105		3. make sure readme.txt & whatsnew.txt are for the current version
106	106		4. run all executables in /bin/go32v2 (no params)
107	107		5. make cycle with newly installed binaries and sources
108	108		6. run testsuite
109	109		7. open the installed hello.pp in IDE
110	110		8. make a minor change in the demo in IDE & save it
111	111		9. view documentation in IDE, traverse 2-3 pages (at least one with screenshots)
112	112		10. compile the demo file in IDE
113	113		11. run the demo within the IDE (debugger)
114	114		26. Test the OS/2 release
115	115		1. os2???.zip installation
116	116		2. os2???full.zip installation (over the previously installed os2???.zip to simulate updates)
117	117		3. make sure readme.txt & whatsnew.txt are for the current version
118	118		4. run all executables in /bin/os2 (no params)
119	119		5. make cycle with newly installed binaries and sources
120	120		6. run testsuite
121	121		7. open the installed hello.pp in IDE
122	122		8. make a minor change in the demo in IDE & save it
123	123		9. view documentation in IDE, traverse 2-3 pages (at least one with screenshots)
124	124		10. compile the demo file in IDE
125	125		11. ~~run the demo within the IDE (debugger)~~ (not supported)
126	126		27. Test the Win32 release
127	127		1. ~~Run installer~~ Luiz (Done)
128	128		2. ~~make sure readme.txt & whatsnew.txt are for the current version~~ Luiz (Done)
129	129		3. ~~run all executables in /bin/win32 (without parameters)~~ Luiz (Done)
130	130		4. make cycle with newly installed binaries and sources
131	131		5. run testsuite
132	132		6. ~~open the installed hello.pp in IDE~~ Luiz (Done)
133	133		7. ~~make a minor change in the demo in IDE & save it~~ Luiz (Done)
134	134		8. view documentation in IDE, traverse 2-3 pages (at least one with screenshots)
135	135		9. ~~compile the demo file in IDE~~ Luiz (Done)
136	136		10. ~~run the demo within the IDE (debugger)~~ Luiz (Done)
137	137		28. Test release for i386-freebsd
138	138		29. Test release for i386-linux
139	139		1. tar
140	140		2. deb
141	141		3. rpm
142	142		30. Test release for powerpc-linux
143	143		1. tar
144	144		31. Test release for powerpc-macosx
145	145		1. .dmg package
146	146		2. .info files for fink - Mischi
147	147		32. Test release for powerpc-macos
148	148		33. Test release for powerpc-morphos
149	149		34. Test release for i386-netware
150	150		35. Test release for i386-netwlibc
151	151		36. Test release for sparc-linux
152	152		1. tar
153	153		37. Test release for arm-linux
154	154		1. tar
155	155		38. Test release for x86_64-linux
156	156		39. Check PDF documentation (open all files)
157	157		40. Check HTML documentation
158	158		41. Check TXT documentation
159	159		42. Read updated text files as distributed in release zip files
160	160		1. readme.txt
161	161		2. faq.txt
162	162		3. whatsnew.txt
163	163
164	164		### RC2
165	165
166	166		1. ~~Section for new RC on release pages in Wiki~~ (done)
167	167		1. ~~Release procedure~~ (done)
168	168		2. ~~Issue log~~ (done)
169	169		2. ~~Look at unmerged changes in fpc and fpcbuild since the last RC and consider/ask for necessity of their inclusion in the release~~ (done)
170	170		3. ~~New directories~~ (done)
171	171		1. ~~Create new directories on ftp~~ (done)
172	172		2. ~~Copy the extra files (asld.zip, gdb.zip, make*.zip) from previous RC (unless updated with new versions)~~ (done)
173	173		4. ~~Create new rc2 branch in SVN - July 16, Tomas~~ (done)
174	174		5. ~~Update version number in rc2 branch to \#.#.#-rc# - Tomas~~ (done)
175	175		1. ~~/compiler/version.pas - Tomas~~ (done)
176	176		6. ~~Create and upload exported fpcbuild.zip - Tomas~~ (done)
177	177		7. ~~Create and upload the documentation - Michael~~ (done)
178	178		1. ~~doc-pdf.zip~~ (done)
179	179		2. ~~doc-html.zip~~ (done)
180		-	~~3. <i>doc-htm.zip</i> (not included)~~
	180	+	3. doc-htm.zip (not included)
181	181		4. ~~doc-txt.zip~~ (done)
182	182		5. ~~doc-ps.zip~~ (done)
183	183		6. ~~doc-pdf.tar.gz~~ (done)
184	184		7. ~~doc-html.tar.gz~~ (done)
185	185		8. ~~doc-ps.tar.gz~~ (done)
186	186		8. Create and upload source zips
187	187		1. ~~short name version for binary packages - Tomas~~ (done)
188	188		2. ~~docs source (including the link for short name version) - Tomas~~ (done)
189	189		3. ~~long name version for binary packages - Tomas~~ (done)
190	190		9. Create and upload source tars
191	191		10. ~~Create and upload zip files for i386-go32v2 - Tomas~~ (done)
192	192		1. ~~basic zip (just binaries)~~ (done)
193	193		2. ~~full zip (including docs and sources)~~ (done)
194	194		11. ~~Create and upload zip files for i386-os2 - Tomas~~ (done)
195	195		1. ~~basic zip (just binaries)~~ (done)
196	196		2. ~~full zip (including docs and sources)~~ (done)
197	197		12. ~~Create and upload installer exe for i386-win32 - Florian~~ (done)
198	198		13. ~~Create and upload tgz file for i386-freebsd - Marco~~ (done)
199	199		14. Create and upload release for i386-linux
200	200		1. ~~tar - Michael~~ (done)
201	201		2. ~~deb - Mazen~~ (done)
202	202		3. ~~rpm - Michael~~ (done)
203	203		15. Create and upload release for powerpc-linux
204	204		1. ~~tar - Thomas/Daniel~~ (done - no smartlinked version with GDB available)
205	205		16. ~~Create and upload release for powerpc-macosx - Jonas, July 19~~
206	206		1. ~~.dmg package~~ (done)
207	207		2. ~~.info files for fink - Mischi~~
208	208		17. Create and upload release for powerpc-macos
209	209		18. Create and upload release for powerpc-morphos - Charlie
210	210		19. Create and upload zip files for i386-netware
211	211		20. Create and upload zip files for i386-netwlibc
212	212		21. Create and upload release for sparc-linux
213	213		1. tar
214	214		22. ~~Create and upload release for arm-linux (cross-release)~~ (done)
215	215		1. ~~tar - Daniel~~ (done)
216	216		23. ~~Create and upload release for x86_64-linux~~ (done)
217	217		1. ~~tar - Michael~~ (done)
218	218		24. Consider announcing availability of the new RC in fpc-devel list and/or ask there for dedicated testers for individual platforms
219	219		25. Test the GO32v2 release
220	220		1. dos???.zip installation
221	221		2. dos???full.zip installation (over the previously installed dos???.zip to simulate updates)
222	222		3. make sure readme.txt & whatsnew.txt are for the current version
223	223		4. run all executables in /bin/go32v2 (no params)
224	224		5. make cycle with newly installed binaries and sources
225	225		6. run testsuite
226	226		7. open the installed hello.pp in IDE
227	227		8. make a minor change in the demo in IDE & save it
228	228		9. view documentation in IDE, traverse 2-3 pages (at least one with screenshots)
229	229		10. compile the demo file in IDE
230	230		11. run the demo within the IDE (debugger)
231	231		26. Test the OS/2 release
232	232		1. os2???.zip installation
233	233		2. os2???full.zip installation (over the previously installed os2???.zip to simulate updates)
234	234		3. make sure readme.txt & whatsnew.txt are for the current version
235	235		4. run all executables in /bin/os2 (no params)
236	236		5. make cycle with newly installed binaries and sources
237	237		6. run testsuite
238	238		7. open the installed hello.pp in IDE
239	239		8. make a minor change in the demo in IDE & save it
240	240		9. view documentation in IDE, traverse 2-3 pages (at least one with screenshots)
241	241		10. compile the demo file in IDE
242		-	~~11. <i>run the demo within the IDE (debugger)</i> (not supported)~~
	242	+	11. run the demo within the IDE (debugger) (not supported)
243	243		27. Test the Win32 release
244	244		1. ~~Run installer - Luiz~~ Done
245	245		2. ~~make sure readme.txt & whatsnew.txt are for the current version - Luiz~~ Done
246	246		3. ~~run all executables in /bin/win32 (without parameters) - Luiz~~ Done
247	247		4. ~~make cycle with newly installed binaries and sources - Luiz~~ Done
248	248		5. ~~run testsuite - Luiz~~ Done
249	249		6. ~~open the installed hello.pp in IDE - Luiz~~ Done
250	250		7. ~~make a minor change in the demo in IDE & save it - Luiz~~ Done
251	251		8. ~~view documentation in IDE, traverse 2-3 pages (at least one with screenshots) - Luiz~~ Done
252	252		9. ~~compile the demo file in IDE - Luiz~~ Done
253	253		10. ~~run the demo within the IDE (debugger) - Luiz~~ Done
254	254		28. Test release for i386-freebsd
255	255		29. Test release for i386-linux
256	256		1. tar
257	257		2. deb
258	258		3. rpm
259	259		30. Test release for powerpc-linux
260	260		1. tar
261	261		31. ~~Test release for powerpc-macosx~~
262	262		1. ~~.dmg package~~
263	263		2. ~~.info fink installation~~
264	264		32. Test release for powerpc-macos
265	265		33. Test release for powerpc-morphos
266	266		34. Test release for i386-netware
267	267		35. Test release for i386-netwlibc
268	268		36. Test release for sparc-linux
269	269		1. tar
270	270		37. Test release for arm-linux
271	271		1. tar
272	272		38. Test release for x86_64-linux
273	273		39. Check PDF documentation (open all files)
274	274		40. Check HTML documentation
275	275		41. Check TXT documentation
276	276		42. Read updated text files as distributed in release zip files
277	277		1. readme.txt
278	278		2. faq.txt
279	279		3. whatsnew.txt
280	280
281	281		### RC3
282	282
283	283		1. ~~Section for new RC on release pages in Wiki~~ (done)
284	284		1. ~~Release procedure~~ (done)
285	285		2. ~~Issue log~~ (done)
286	286		2. ~~Look at unmerged changes in fpc and fpcbuild since the last RC and consider/ask for necessity of their inclusion in the release~~ (done)
287	287		3. ~~New directories~~ (done)
288	288		1. ~~Create new directories on ftp~~ (done)
289	289		2. ~~Copy the extra files (asld.zip, gdb.zip, make*.zip) from previous RC (unless updated with new versions)~~ (done)
290	290		4. ~~Update path and file names in /install/macosx/*.info for the new RC~~ (done)
291	291		5. ~~Create new RC branch in SVN - Tomas~~ (done)
292	292		6. ~~Update version number in RC branch to \#.#.#-rc# - Tomas~~ (done)
293	293		1. ~~/compiler/version.pas - Tomas~~ (done)
294	294		7. ~~Create and upload exported fpcbuild - Tomas~~ (done)
295	295		1. ~~fpcbuild-%{version}.zip~~ (done)
296	296		2. ~~fpcbuild-%{version}.tar.gz~~ (done)
297	297		8. ~~Create and upload the documentation - Michael~~ (done)
298	298		1. ~~doc-pdf.zip~~ (done)
299	299		2. ~~doc-html.zip~~ (done)
300		-	~~3. <i>doc-htm.zip</i> (not included)~~
	300	+	3. doc-htm.zip (not included)
301	301		4. ~~doc-txt.zip~~ (done)
302	302		5. ~~doc-ps.zip~~ (done)
303	303		6. ~~doc-pdf.tar.gz~~ (done)
304	304		7. ~~doc-html.tar.gz~~ (done)
305	305		8. ~~doc-ps.tar.gz~~ (done)
306	306		9. ~~Create and upload source zips~~ (done)
307	307		1. ~~short name version for binary packages - Tomas~~ (done)
308	308		2. ~~docs source (including link for short name version) - Tomas~~ (done)
309	309		3. ~~long name version for binary packages - Tomas~~ (done)
310	310		10. ~~Create and upload zip files for i386-go32v2 - Tomas~~ (done)
311	311		1. ~~basic zip (just binaries)~~ (done)
312	312		2. ~~full zip (including docs and sources)~~ (done)
313	313		11. Create and upload zip files for i386-os2 - Tomas
314	314		1. basic zip (just binaries)
315	315		2. full zip (including docs and sources)
316	316		12. ~~Create and upload installer exe for i386-win32 - Peter~~ (done)
317	317		13. ~~Create and upload tgz file for i386-freebsd - Marco~~ (done)
318	318		14. ~~Create and upload release for i386-linux~~ (done)
319	319		1. ~~tar - Michael~~ (done)
320	320		2. ~~deb - Mazen~~ (done)
321	321		3. ~~rpm - Michael~~ (done)
322	322		15. ~~Create and upload release for powerpc-linux~~ (done)
323	323		1. ~~tar - Daniel~~ (done)
324	324		16. ~~Create and upload release for powerpc-macosx - Jonas~~ (done)
325	325		1. ~~.dmg package~~ (done)
326	326		2. .info files for fink - Mischi
327	327		17. Create and upload release for powerpc-macos
328	328		18. Create and upload release for powerpc-morphos - Charlie
329	329		19. Create and upload zip files for i386-netware
330	330		20. Create and upload zip files for i386-netwlibc
331	331		21. Create and upload release for sparc-linux
332	332		1. tar
333	333		22. ~~Create and upload release for arm-linux (cross-release)~~ (done)
334	334		1. ~~tar - Daniel~~ (done)
335	335		23. ~~Create and upload release for x86_64-linux~~ (done)
336	336		1. ~~tar - Michael~~ (done)
337	337		24. ~~Consider announcing availability of the new RC in fpc-devel list and/or ask there for dedicated testers for individual platforms~~ (done)
338	338		25. ~~Test the GO32v2 release - Laaca~~ (done)
339	339		1. dos???.zip installation
340	340		2. dos???full.zip installation (over the previously installed dos???.zip to simulate updates)
341	341		3. make sure readme.txt & whatsnew.txt are for the current version
342	342		4. run all executables in /bin/go32v2 (no params)
343	343		5. make cycle with newly installed binaries and sources
344	344		6. run testsuite
345	345		7. open the installed hello.pp in IDE
346	346		8. make a minor change in the demo in IDE & save it
347	347		9. view documentation in IDE, traverse 2-3 pages (at least one with screenshots)
348	348		10. compile the demo file in IDE
349	349		11. run the demo within the IDE (debugger)
350	350		26. Test the OS/2 release
351	351		1. os2???.zip installation
352	352		2. os2???full.zip installation (over the previously installed os2???.zip to simulate updates)
353	353		3. make sure readme.txt & whatsnew.txt are for the current version
354	354		4. run all executables in /bin/os2 (no params)
355	355		5. make cycle with newly installed binaries and sources
356	356		6. run testsuite
357	357		7. open the installed hello.pp in IDE
358	358		8. make a minor change in the demo in IDE & save it
359	359		9. view documentation in IDE, traverse 2-3 pages (at least one with screenshots)
360	360		10. compile the demo file in IDE
361		-	~~11. <i>run the demo within the IDE (debugger)</i> (not supported)~~
	361	+	11. run the demo within the IDE (debugger) (not supported)
362	362		27. Test the Win32 release
363	363		1. ~~Run installer - Luiz~~
364	364		2. ~~make sure readme.txt & whatsnew.txt are for the current version - Luiz~~
365	365		3. run all executables in /bin/win32 (without parameters) - Luiz
366	366		4. make cycle with newly installed binaries and sources
367	367		5. run testsuite
368	368		6. ~~open the installed hello.pp in IDE - Luiz~~
369	369		7. ~~make a minor change in the demo in IDE & save it - Luiz~~
370	370		8. ~~view documentation in IDE, traverse 2-3 pages (at least one with screenshots)~~
371	371		9. ~~compile the demo file in IDE - Luiz~~
372	372		10. ~~run the demo within the IDE (debugger) - Luiz~~
373	373		28. Test release for i386-freebsd
374	374		29. Test release for i386-linux
375	375		1. tar
376	376		2. deb
377	377		3. rpm
378	378		30. Test release for powerpc-linux
379	379		1. tar
380	380		31. Test release for powerpc-macosx
381	381		1. .dmg package
382	382		32. Test release for powerpc-macos
383	383		33. Test release for powerpc-morphos
384	384		34. Test release for i386-netware
385	385		35. Test release for i386-netwlibc
386	386		36. Test release for sparc-linux
387	387		1. tar
388	388		37. Test release for arm-linux
389	389		1. tar
390	390		38. Test release for x86_64-linux
391	391		39. Check PDF documentation (open all files)
392	392		40. Check HTML documentation
393	393		41. Check TXT documentation
394	394		42. Read updated text files as distributed in release zip files
395	395		1. readme.txt
396	396		2. faq.txt
397	397		3. whatsnew.txt
398	398
399	399		### Final release
400	400
401	401		1. ~~Look at unmerged changes in fpc and fpcbuild since the last RC and consider/ask for necessity of their inclusion in the release (only cosmetic changes should be included, otherwise a new RC is needed instead of final release)~~ (done)
402	402		2. ~~New directories~~ (done)
403	403		1. ~~Create new directories on ftp~~ (done)
404	404		2. ~~Copy the extra files (asld.zip, gdb.zip, make*.zip) from previous RC (unless updated with new versions)~~ (done)
405	405		3. ~~Update path and file names in /install/macosx/*.info for the new release~~ (done)
406	406		4. ~~Add new section for the upcoming build in /install/debian/changelog~~ (done)
407	407		5. ~~Create new release branch in SVN - Tomas~~ (done)
408	408		6. ~~Update version number in release branch to the \#.#.# - Tomas~~ (done)
409	409		1. ~~/compiler/version.pas - Tomas~~ (done)
410	410		7. ~~Create and upload exported fpcbuild - Tomas~~ (done)
411	411		1. ~~fpcbuild-%{version}.zip~~ (done)
412	412		2. ~~fpcbuild-%{version}.tar.gz~~ (done)
413	413		8. ~~Create and upload the documentation - Michael~~ (done)
414	414		1. ~~doc-pdf.zip~~ (done)
415	415		2. ~~doc-html.zip~~ (done)
416		-	~~3. <i>doc-htm.zip</i> (not included)~~
	416	+	3. doc-htm.zip (not included)
417	417		4. ~~doc-txt.zip~~ (done)
418	418		5. ~~doc-ps.zip~~ (done)
419	419		6. ~~doc-pdf.tar.gz~~ (done)
420	420		7. ~~doc-html.tar.gz~~ (done)
421	421		8. ~~doc-ps.tar.gz~~ (done)
422	422		9. ~~Create and upload source zips~~ (done)
423	423		1. ~~short name version for binary packages - Tomas~~ (done)
424	424		2. ~~docs source (including link for short name version) - Tomas~~ (done)
425	425		3. ~~long name version for binary packages - Tomas~~ (done)
426	426		10. ~~Create and upload zip files for i386-go32v2 - Tomas~~ (done)
427	427		1. ~~basic zip (just binaries)~~ (done)
428	428		2. ~~full zip (including docs and sources)~~ (done)
429	429		11. ~~Create and upload zip files for i386-os2 - Tomas~~ (done)
430	430		1. ~~basic zip (just binaries)~~ (done)
431	431		2. ~~full zip (including docs and sources)~~ (done)
432	432		12. ~~Create and upload installer exe for i386-win32 - Florian~~ (done)
433	433		13. ~~Create and upload tgz file for i386-freebsd - Marco~~ (done)
434	434		14. ~~Create and upload release for i386-linux~~ (done)
435	435		1. ~~tar - Michael~~ (done)
436	436		2. ~~deb - Mazen~~ (done)
437	437		3. ~~rpm - Michael~~ (done)
438	438		15. ~~Create and upload release for powerpc-linux~~ (done)
439	439		1. ~~tar - Daniel~~ (done)
440	440		16. ~~Create and upload release for powerpc-macosx - Jonas~~ (done)
441	441		1. ~~.dmg package~~ (done)
442	442		17. Create and upload release for powerpc-macos
443	443		18. ~~Create and upload release for powerpc-morphos - Charlie~~ (done)
444	444		19. Create and upload zip files for i386-netware
445	445		20. Create and upload zip files for i386-netwlibc
446	446		21. Create and upload release for sparc-linux
447	447		1. tar
448	448		22. ~~Create and upload release for arm-linux (cross-release)~~ (done)
449	449		1. ~~tar - Daniel~~ (done)
450	450		23. ~~Create and upload release for x86_64-linux~~ (done)
451	451		1. ~~tar - Michael~~ (done)
452	452		24. Test the GO32v2 release
453	453		1. dos???.zip installation
454	454		2. dos???full.zip installation (over the previously installed dos???.zip to simulate updates)
455	455		3. make sure readme.txt & whatsnew.txt are for the current version
456	456		4. run all executables in /bin/go32v2 (no params)
457	457		5. make cycle with newly installed binaries and sources
458	458		6. run testsuite
459	459		7. open the installed hello.pp in IDE
460	460		8. make a minor change in the demo in IDE & save it
461	461		9. view documentation in IDE, traverse 2-3 pages (at least one with screenshots)
462	462		10. compile the demo file in IDE
463		-	~~11. <i>run the demo within the IDE (debugger)</i> (debugging in IDE currently not available/working)~~
	463	+	11. run the demo within the IDE (debugger) (debugging in IDE currently not available/working)
464	464		25. Test the OS/2 release
465	465		1. os2???.zip installation
466	466		2. os2???full.zip installation (over the previously installed os2???.zip to simulate updates)
467	467		3. make sure readme.txt & whatsnew.txt are for the current version
468	468		4. run all executables in /bin/os2 (no params)
469	469		5. make cycle with newly installed binaries and sources
470	470		6. run testsuite
471		-	~~7. <i>open the installed hello.pp in IDE</i> (IDE not included this time)~~
472		-	~~8. <i>make a minor change in the demo in IDE & save it</i> (IDE not included this time)~~
473		-	~~9. <i>view documentation in IDE, traverse 2-3 pages (at least one with screenshots)</i> (IDE not included this time)~~
474		-	~~10. <i>compile the demo file in IDE</i> (IDE not included this time)~~
475		-	~~11. <i>run the demo within the IDE (debugger)</i> (not supported)~~
	471	+	7. open the installed hello.pp in IDE (IDE not included this time)
	472	+	8. make a minor change in the demo in IDE & save it (IDE not included this time)
	473	+	9. view documentation in IDE, traverse 2-3 pages (at least one with screenshots) (IDE not included this time)
	474	+	10. compile the demo file in IDE (IDE not included this time)
	475	+	11. run the demo within the IDE (debugger) (not supported)
476	476		26. Test the Win32 release
477	477		1. Run installer - Luiz
478	478		2. make sure readme.txt & whatsnew.txt are for the current version - Luiz
479	479		3. run all executables in /bin/win32 (without parameters) - Luiz
480	480		4. make cycle with newly installed binaries and sources
481	481		5. run testsuite
482	482		6. open the installed hello.pp in IDE - Luiz
483	483		7. make a minor change in the demo in IDE & save it - Luiz
484	484		8. view documentation in IDE, traverse 2-3 pages (at least one with screenshots)
485	485		9. compile the demo file in IDE - Luiz
486	486		10. run the demo within the IDE (debugger) - Luiz
487	487		27. Test release for i386-freebsd
488	488		28. Test release for i386-linux
489	489		1. tar
490	490		2. deb
491	491		3. rpm
492	492		29. Test release for powerpc-linux
493	493		1. tar
494	494		30. Test release for powerpc-macosx
495	495		1. .dmg package
496	496		31. Test release for powerpc-macos
497	497		32. ~~Test release for powerpc-morphos~~ (done)
498	498		33. Test release for i386-netware
499	499		34. Test release for i386-netwlibc
500	500		35. Test release for sparc-linux
501	501		1. tar
502	502		36. Test release for arm-linux
503	503		1. tar
504	504		37. Test release for x86_64-linux
505	505		38. Check PDF documentation (open all files)
506	506		39. Check HTML documentation
507	507		40. Check TXT documentation
508	508		41. Read updated text files as distributed in release zip files
509	509		1. readme.txt
510	510		2. faq.txt
511	511		3. whatsnew.txt
512	512
513	513		### Going public
514	514
515	515		1. ~~Make new version numbers (release plus next odd patch number for continuing fixes) available in bug tracker~~ (done)
516	516		2. ~~Make new version numbers (release plus next odd patch number for continuing fixes) available in testsuite db - Florian~~ (done)
517	517		3. Make new files on FTP available to wide public
518		-	~~1. <i>update symlinks</i> (no symlinks any more?)~~
	518	+	1. update symlinks (no symlinks any more?)
519	519		2. move the old version to the olddist/\<version\>
520	520		3. ~~upload files to SourceForge.net and add them to new "releases" for individual platforms~~ (done)
521	521		4. ~~make new "releases" on SourceForge.net accessible for users (change status to "active")~~ (done)
522	522		5. ~~Allow automated notifications on individual SourceForge.net file release pages to be sent~~ (done)
523	523		4. ~~Submit darwin packages to fink~~ (done) - Mischi
524	524		5. ~~Update WWW pages~~ (done)
525	525		1. ~~/html/news.fp~~ (done)
526	526		2. ~~/html/down/* (links to all individual files & file sizes)~~ (done)
527	527		3. ~~/html/download.fp (version number and list of platforms)~~ (done)
528	528		4. ~~/html/fpc.fp~~ (done)
529	529		5. ~~/html/faq.fp (things like "the latest version is ...")~~ (done)
530		-	~~6. <i>Create new fixes branch (only after a major release - ?.?.0)</i> (not relevant this time)~~
531		-	~~1. <i>Update version number in the trunk branch (only after a major release - ?.?.0)</i> (not relevant this time)~~
532		-	~~1. <i>/compiler/version.pas</i> (not relevant this time)~~
533		-	~~2. <i>All Makefile.fpc files containing "version=..." (plus regenerate the corresponding Makefiles)</i> (not relevant this time)~~
	530	+	6. Create new fixes branch (only after a major release - ?.?.0) (not relevant this time)
	531	+	1. Update version number in the trunk branch (only after a major release - ?.?.0) (not relevant this time)
	532	+	1. /compiler/version.pas (not relevant this time)
	533	+	2. All Makefile.fpc files containing "version=..." (plus regenerate the corresponding Makefiles) (not relevant this time)
534	534		7. ~~Update version number in the fixes branch (increase the patch to next odd number) - Tomas~~ (done)
535	535		1. ~~/compiler/version.pas~~ (done)
536	536		2. ~~All Makefile.fpc files containing "version=..." (plus regenerate the corresponding Makefiles)~~ (done)
537	537		8. ~~Check the WWW pages - Tomas~~ (done)
538	538		1. ~~make sure <http://www.freepascal.org> contains the new version already~~ (done)
539	539		2. ~~read news.html - Tomas~~ (done)
540	540		3. ~~read fpc.html - Tomas~~ (done)
541	541		4. ~~read download.html and check links to individual files - Tomas~~ (done)
542	542		9. ~~Send announcement to our mailing lists - Tomas~~ (done)
543	543		10. ~~Post announcement on the community site - Tomas~~ (done)
544	544		11. ~~Post announcement on Sourceforge.net (only "Project Administrators" may do it) - Jonas~~ (done)
545	545		12. Make sure that all unfixed issues encountered during RC testing and listed on dedicated page in Wiki are documented in bug tracker too
546	546		13. Revise / update /html/future.fp after major versions (?.?.0)
547	547
548	548		---
549	549		From the Free Pascal wiki, page "Release 2.0.4", as it stood on 2012-08-01 after a change by BigChimp, 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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