[lazarus] FPC Compiler needed for Lazarus ...

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Mon, 9 Jun 2003 20:06:19 +1000
James Mills <prologic at daisy.ods.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 11:12:07AM +0200, Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> > On Mon, 9 Jun 2003 18:52:27 +1000
> > James Mills <prologic at daisy.ods.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > What FPC Compiler is needed in order to use Lazarus ?
> > 
> > - At least 1.0.7 from 21. sept 2002.
> > - The rpms need their rpm counterparts.
> > - We are waiting for the announcement of the 1.0.8. The 1.0.8 is a bug
> > fix release and will become the recommended compiler for lazarus.
> > 
> > 
> > > Also, will this ever change so that you can just use the compiler you
> > > already have installed. It seems such a bother to have to install
> > > another compiler specific for Lazarus... (I'm using Debian, and prefer
> > > to use Debian distributions, with exceptions).
> > 
> > I got the same problem. I plan to setup an lazarus and fpc apt-get
> > source for deb and rpm. But this needs time...
> 
> Okay, this will be good.
> Question: Will Lazarus every be able to use a stable fpc compiler or
> always have to use a different version ?

The 1.0.x is the stable version since 3 years. It became more and more
stable. Probably you mean the 'released' version. This is the case for the
coming 1.0.8. The tgz and rpms are already there. I hope the debs will
follow soon.

As always: if we found a critical bug, then the 1.0.8 will become 'unstable'
for lazarus and we have to switch to a stable version.


Mattias