> Am 06.04.2026 um 20:58 schrieb Juha Manninen via fpc-devel > <[email protected]>: > > Kostas Michalopoulos via fpc-devel kirjoitti 6.4.2026 klo 15.42: >> FWIW i agree that the release cycle may need tweaks, but i think it should >> be based on what bugs/tasks are to be fixed/done for a release and come >> whenever those are fixed/done, not in fixed timesteps - especially since FPC >> relies largely on volunteer work who work in their free time. It isn't like >> the FPC devs have a bunch of MBA's with quarterly growth goals to please :-P. > "release cycle may need tweaks"... For God's sake Kostas, why you repeat that > mambo-jambo? Those same things have been repeated year after year after year. > > None of the FPC development team seems to have any intention to make a > release. The release manager here asks "Who will build the release". He has > no idea. The whole team has clearly dropped the ball. They have time to write > posts and messages to explain why a release is not possible. They could have > released many versions already with that energy. > > Help has been offered, first in forum threads, now here by Graeme. FPC > developers are not interested apparently. > > Lazarus project and many FPC users are in dire need for a release and then > more releases in reasonable time intervals. I see forking the FPC project as > a more and more compelling option. The fork would concentrate on timely > releases. Lazarus would officially support the fork, then it could become > popular. It would need a dedicated team. The first task could indeed be to > automate the release build process. > > My prediction is that after one year from now there still is no new release, > based on the attitude of FPC developers. Would people then agree with the > forking idea? Start to think of names for the fork. >
Would be great if someone else does the releases, waiting for years someone finally shows up to do so :)
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