[Lazarus] What happened with make LCL_PLATFORM?

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

Krzysztof wrote:
> BTW two questions:
> 1. What is FPC 2.6.1? Is this stable version? If yes why on
> http://www.freepascal.org/ is 2.6.0 as latest? 2.6.1 is some patch?
> 2. When FPC 2.7.X is planned? We have now Lazarus 1.0, It would be
> nice if it worked with version 2.7.X

My understanding is as follows:

2.6.0	Current stable
2.6.2	Stable + fixes
2.7.x	Development
2.8.0	Next stable

So 2.6.1 is 2.6.0 plus fixes which is considered to be unstable, and 
might later be rolled out as 2.6.2.

I think the notation comes originally from the Linux kernel where 2.4 
and 2.6 were both stable but 2.5 was development. However kernel 
versions 2.6.0, 2.6.1 etc. were all equally intended as stable, while in 
the case of FPC the even/odd state of both the second and third numbers 
are significant.

It's important to appreciate that the next version after a hypothetical 
2.6.9 is /not/ 2.7.0, it's 2.6.10: this has been a property of version 
control systems since the days of yore. For even murkier history, see 
http://www.udanax.com/green/febe/tumblers.html

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Mark Morgan Lloyd
markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk

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