DOS ain't dead - Free Pascal 2.2.4 released

Free Pascal 2.2.4 released (Announce)

posted by DOS386, 09.05.2009, 10:28

rr wrote:

> What do you mean by "pick"?

From a directory - not obvious ??? :confused:

> > Installer reports "CHM (requires LFN)" :-(
> What's the problem with this?

1. What's the point of the question ???

2. ANSWER: That it doesn't work in DOS. That's all. There is nothing more behind. Really.

3. Wouldn't it have been more useful to test and report whether it works for you ?

> What bugs in the IDE are still open?
> Did you report those to http://bugs.freepascal.org/.

BUGS

Rugxulo wrote:

> IIRC, he wanted UPX removed from the download.

Exactly. And don't UPX the EXE's either.

> So in this case, the bloat is probably not what you think.

I don't care what some people "think", OTOH what I know is that UPX increases bloat, and in FPC this effect is very notable :clap: Also, there are still *some* binaries compressed with UPX 2.93 that refuse to uncompress.

marcov wrote:

> That's probably the CHM creation library, not the use of help in the IDE.

So if I don't compile from the source it is supposed to work ?

> Do you have mantis numbers?

NO, BUGS

> There are still about 70 IDE bugs open,

Weren't there over 100 bugs open some time ago ?

> and I'm pretty sure I fixed *some* in 2.2.4

Nice, sadly my minimal tests apparently didn't match those *some* bugs :-(

> In the grand scheme of things, my answer (and reasons) are not changed.

we discourage UPX

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Complete thread:

Free Pascal 2.2.4 released - Laaca, 14.04.2009, 09:55 (Announce)
- Free Pascal 2.2.4 released - Rugxulo, 16.04.2009, 17:41
- Free Pascal 2.2.4 released - marcov, 19.04.2009, 13:24
  - Free Pascal 2.2.4 released - marcov, 25.04.2009, 12:53
- Free Pascal 2.2.4 released - DOS386, 27.04.2009, 10:22
  - Free Pascal 2.2.4 released - rr, 28.04.2009, 20:32
    - Free Pascal 2.2.4 released - DOS386, 09.05.2009, 10:28
      - Free Pascal 2.2.4 released - rr, 19.05.2009, 21:18
      - Free Pascal 2.2.4 released - marcov, 21.05.2009, 14:47
        Free Pascal 2.2.4 released - Rugxulo, 23.05.2009, 02:47
  - Free Pascal 2.2.4 released - marcov, 28.04.2009, 20:53
    - Free Pascal 2.2.4 released - Rugxulo, 28.04.2009, 22:52
      - Free Pascal 2.2.4 released - marcov, 29.04.2009, 09:15
- Free Pascal 2.2.4 released - Rugxulo, 25.07.2009, 10:03
  - Free Pascal 2.2.4 released - Rugxulo, 31.07.2009, 21:41