My pain points and an idea
with 3.2.2 the openssl unit is for version 1.1.x, for now, lots of distro removed openssl 1.1, even in slackware-current I can not upgrade to 3.2.4-rc1 just because it's come with openssl 3, I was stucked then... my thinking: is it possible to split to compiler and rtl/packages? after certain period of a release, 6 months or 1 year or by devel team thought, release a updated rtl/packages only version for example: if we got 3.2.4 in 2026.04, then we may get next sub-release 3.2.4-2026.10 or 3.2.4-2026.12 for rtl/packages update only. reasons: 1) we need library bondings came with fpc release 2) libraries are updating qicker and sooner 3) for a certain fixes branch, ex fixes_3_2, language features not changed a lot 4) for a production usage, refactor to a new compiler version/features is not very much 5) compiler devel can be more time flexiable, no stress for a new/stable release yes, i understand there will be more work for additional merging and branches managements. I didn't read all mails in list, not sure anyone else metioned this already. Just a *thinking*, not *asking*, please ignore if it's pointless. _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - [email protected] https://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
