Road to 2.0

This document describes the planned road to FPC 2.0.0 which will be the next stable version of FPC.

The final 2.0 will probably support the following targets:

• i386/Linux
• i386/Win32
• i386/FreeBSD
• i386/OS/2
• i386/EMX
• i386/go32v2 (only non NT-based systems)

• powerpc/Darwin (Mac OS X)
• 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)
• Bewareserv (suggested by fpcfan)

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 (1.9.6 Todo) within 2-4 months (2.0RC1)

Goals:

• integrate dwarf branch
• fix bugs
• get at least some optimizer stuff working
• PIC and packages support (post 2.0)
• OS independant 64-bit filesystem support. (post 2.0RC1)
• thread synchronization (tthread.synchronize) working. (post 2.0RC1)

Contains: 1.9.4 releases plus

• x86-64/Linux
• x86-64/FreeBSD (post 2.0RC1)
• arm/Linux (post 2.0RC1)
• sparc/Linux
• powerpc/MacOS (as native compiler)
• strip 1.0.x compat compiling features

1.9.8 aka (2.0RC2): within the next 4-6 months

Goals:

• fix bugs and get all packages running
• fix IDE
• full 64-bit RTL support

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