[Lazarus] Lazarus Release Candidate 1 of 4.0

[Gordon Findlay]

Do you mean publish the project from 3.x, then open in 4?

For a new small project things look good- especially the docked interface.


On Sun, 27 Oct 2024, 10:54 am Mattias Gaertner via lazarus, <
lazarus at lists.lazarus-ide.org> wrote:

> The Lazarus team is glad to announce the first release candidate of
> Lazarus 4.0.
>
> This release was built with FPC 3.2.2.
>
> Here is the list of changes for Lazarus and Free Pascal:
> http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Lazarus_4.0_release_notes
> http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/User_Changes_3.2.2
>
> Here is the list of fixes for Lazarus 4.x:
> https://gitlab.com/freepascal.org/lazarus/lazarus/-/commits/fixes_4/
>
> The release is available for download on SourceForge:
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/lazarus/files/
>
> Choose your CPU, OS, distro and then the "Lazarus 4.0RC1" directory.
>
> Checksums for the SourceForge files:
> https://www.lazarus-ide.org/index.php?page=checksums#4_0RC1
>
> Minimum requirements:
>
> Windows:
>    2k, 32 or 64bit, Qt, Qt5, Qt6 (64bit only)
>
> FreeBSD/Linux:
>    gtk 2.24 for gtk2, qt4.5 for qt, qt5.6 for qt5, Qt6.2 for qt6, 32 or
> 64bit.
>
> Mac OS X:
>    Cocoa (64bit) 10.12, Carbon (32bit) 10.5 to 10.14, Qt and Qt5 (32 or
> 64bit), Qt6 (64bit only).
>
> The gitlab page:
> https://gitlab.com/freepascal.org/lazarus/lazarus/-/tree/lazarus_4_0_RC_1
>
> For people who are blocked by SF, the Lazarus releases from SourceForge
> are mirrored at:
> https://download.lazarus-ide.org/
> ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/pub/lazarus/releases/
>
> == Why should everybody (including you) test the release candidate? ==
>
> In the past weeks the Lazarus team has stabilized the 4.0 fixes branch.
> The resulting 4.0RC1 is now stable enough to be used by any one for
> test purposes.
>
> While we have tested those ourselves, there may still be problems
> that only occur with very specific configurations or one project in a
> million.
>
> Yes, it may be that you are the only person with a project, that will
> not work in the new IDE. So if you do not test, we can not fix it.
>
> Please do not wait for the final release, in order to test. It may be
> too late. Once the release is out we will have to be more selective
> about which fixes can be merged for further 3.x releases. So it may be,
> that we can not merge the fix you require. And then you will miss out
> on all the new features.
>
> == How to test ==
>
> Download and install the 4.0 RC1.
> - On Windows you can install as a 2ndary install, that will not affect
>    your current install:
>
>
> http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Multiple_Lazarus#Installation_of_multiple_Lazarus
> - On other platforms, if you install to a new location you need to use
> --primary-config-path
>
> In either case you should make backups. (including your primary config)
>
> Open your project in the current Lazarus (4.0), and use "Publish
> Project" from the project menu. This creates a clean copy of your
> project.
>
> You can then open that copy in the RC1. Please test:
> - If you can edit forms in the designer
>     - rename components / change properties in Object inspector / Add
>       new events
>     - Add components to form / Move components on form
>     - Frames, if you use them
> - If you can navigate the source code (e.g. jump to implementation)
> - Auto completion in source code
> - Compile, debug and run
> - Anything else you use in your daily work
>
>
> Mattias
> --
> _______________________________________________
> lazarus mailing list
> lazarus at lists.lazarus-ide.org
> https://lists.lazarus-ide.org/listinfo/lazarus
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.lazarus-ide.org/pipermail/lazarus/attachments/20241027/c7ec366e/attachment.htm>