[Lazarus] FPC 2.4.2 and Lazarus

Vincent Snijders vsnijders at vodafonevast.nl
Wed May 19 20:34:54 CEST 2010


Graeme Geldenhuys schreef:
>> release. Some form of pre-release, but I think no one (who doesn't use trunk
>> anyway) will test it unless it can easy and safely be tested without
> 
> The solution is simple. Create at least three rc (Release Candidate)
> releases. This will greatly improve the stability of a final release
> without the need for many point releases. Everybody in the software
> world knows that rc release can contain some bugs and will probably be
> fixed before the final release. But then I guess the argument starts,
> that releases take to long to create. In the world of software
> development that could, and should be streamlined, and never be an
> excuse.

IHMO, snapshots about a week before a release can be considered release 
candidates.

Vincent




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