Perhaps the general aura of decrepidness is being affected by the fact that the forums are down also https://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php --> 504
I am a mac, linux, and windows dev, I'll join the devel list, and see what I can do. On Mon, Apr 20, 2026 at 2:02 AM Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-pascal < [email protected]> wrote: > > > On Mon, 20 Apr 2026, Thomas Kurz via fpc-pascal wrote: > > > I'm not on fpc-devel either. May I ask to summarize the discussion in a > few sentences? > > I'm proposing to automate more to achieve half-yearly releases. > > We currently use only a fraction of what gitlab offers. > I believe that we can automate a large part of what should be fixes > releases. > > Major releases (like 3.4.0) will obviously require more testing, > but that should not stop us from releasing more fixes. > > Others are not convinced that this would help and believe human or > organisational problems are the real cause of the delay. > > This is not wrong, but my view is that by diminishing the burden > of creating a release by making it more efficient, the human and > organisational problems will be less big and easier tackled. > > > I'm also eagerly waiting for the next release. Not for 3.2.4, but for > > 3.4.0. Imho, it'd be desirable to have yearly releases with only some > > enhancements and new features instead of waiting for big steps for more > > than 6 years. > > Everyone is agreed on the problem. > > Agreeing on the solution proves more difficult. > > Michael. > _______________________________________________ > fpc-pascal maillist - [email protected] > https://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal >
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