Road to 2.0
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Revision as of 09:13, 11 June 2004 by 217.233.131.36 (talk)
This document describes the planned road to FPC 2.0.0 which will be the next stable version of FPC.
2.0 will support the following targets:
- i386/Linux
- i386/Win32
- i386/FreeBSD
- i386/OS/2
- i386/EMX
- i386/go32v2 (only non NT-based systems)
- powerpc/Darwin
- powerpc/MacOS Classic
- powerpc/Linux
- powerpc/MorphOS (?) depends on Charly
- x86-64/Linux
- x86-64/FreeBSD
- x86-64/Win64 (?) depends if GNU Tools will be available soon
- arm/Linux
- sparc/Linux
Depending on OS requirements, 2.0.0 is supposed to compile and run the following big packages to prove its maturity:
- Lazarus: all targets having GTK
- Decal: all targets
- Dorb: Win32
- DelphiQuake2: Win32
- Jedi/JCL linux
- TurboPower packages
- FreeCLX
- ICS/win32 (twsocket)
1.9.4 has been released supporting the following targets:
- i386/Linux
- i386/Win32
- i386/FreeBSD
- i386/OS/2
- powerpc/Darwin
- powerpc/Linux
1.9.6 within 2-4 months
Goals:
- integrate dwarf branch
- fix bugs
- get at least some optimizer stuff working
- PIC and packages support
- OS independant 64-bit filesystem support.
- thread synchronization (tthread.synchronize) working.
Contains: 1.9.4 releases plus
- x86-64/Linux
- x86-64/FreeBSD
- arm/Linux
- sparc/Linux
1.9.8 aka 2.0.0-rc1: within the next 4-6 months
Goals:
- fix bugs and get all packages running
- fix IDE
1.9.10: only if important bugs to be tested pop up
2.0.0: 1-2 months after last rc, i.e. by the end of the year