[Lazarus] Size of program executable very big...

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 13:15:28 +0100
Hans-Peter Diettrich <DrDiettrich1 at aol.com> wrote:

> Mattias Gaertner schrieb:
> 
> > When you create a new build mode in Lazarus the current one is copied.
> 
> Why that?

Because normally you want to change only a few things like optimization
flags and keep the rest (e.g. search paths, target file name,
verbosity, ...).

 
> When I want to maintain different branches of a project, I can already 
> save the project under a new name. But IMO Release and Debug versions 
> only should change compiler options, not the units.

I can't follow you here. Why should build modes change units?

Mattias