[Lazarus] Strip debug info

[Richard Mace]

> Well, the problem is the size of the exe file. ;-)

> > When I am working on a project I usually want to generate debug
> > information for debugging.
> > But when I give the generated file to someone else I surely do not need
> > this information in the exe file anymore.
> > So why should I be forced to search for ways to delete this information
> > from the exe if there could be a way to avoid this hassle?
>
> There is no need to search for ways to delete this information, you need
> only a proper workflow: exes compiled for distribution shall be compiled
> with release settings which means:
> - no debug info
> - symbols fully stripped
> - full optimization (which would make debugging harder)
> - asserts ignored
> - custom debug code ignored
> - ...
> Using debug and release settings is something very basic when working on
> software being deployed to others.
>
>
This is interesting, I'd had never actually thought of a work flow like
this. So, would you have 2x different projects? 1 with as dubug and the 2nd
as release, or is there a better way of doing it?

Richard
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