[Lazarus] Project Group support in the IDE

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Sat, 14 Sep 2013, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:

> On 2013-09-14 13:32, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
>>
>> At Pascon 2013, I've seen the latest addition to building in Lazarus,
>> and it is more easy to switch modes now than in Delphi.
>> Just select a dropdown next to the Run toolbutton...
>
>
> Good to know... I'll recompile Lazarus IDE and take a look. My current
> IDE build is 3 months old.
>
> Does the latest changes also adjust the compiler settings for Packages
> used by your project?
>
> This is a major issue for me with Lazarus Packages. What's the point in
> having debug build units for tiOPF, fpGUI, Synapse, Onguard etc... and
> only the Project units are release build. Compiling *all* source code
> involved in a project with optimised settings make a big difference to
> executable size, speed optimisation, debugging etc.

The same is true in Delphi, I wouldn't have it any other way.
Each package should have its own settings, mixing them makes 
no sense.

Michael.