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FPC 2.4.0 released! (Announce)

posted by marcov, 03.01.2010, 13:16

> I have announced this on FreeDOS' news page (actually just re-updated the
> RC1 announcement), so it's there now. Hope this helps get more users.
>
> BTW, more random comments:
>
> 1). Some tools are still less than newest, maybe there's a good reason,
> but if not, you should update to AR, AS, LD, etc. 2.19, ZIP 3.0, UPX 3.04,
> etc. (I've got a rebuilt UPX-UCL 3.04 on my site if you prefer a totally
> free/libre version.)
Yes. And most importantly, GDB. I'm thinking of building a release for dos from the stable branch (2.4.1).

> 2). I didn't heavily test, but something seems amiss in the timing of
> FPCTRIS (unlike 1.0.10's behavior) as well as a fairly big size increase.
> Take this with a grain of salt, though. But it did act weird under DOSBox
> and Vista.
Odd.

> 3). Full install seems to be 170 MB (vs. 70 MB for 1.0.10). In particular,
> the install takes a lot longer (well, not too too bad) now, probably due to
> lots more documentation.

This can be circumvented by installing the docs as CHM, which makes it faster and tighter. But I had a problem with CHM generation, so they are not uploaded (and integrated) yet.

> GO32 RTL (no luck making voxel.pp). I had to search for and find
> dos1010full.zip elsewhere. I should honestly look into how to make a
> small-ish package of 2.4.0, esp. since it's being maintained (unlike
> 1.0.10).
That's because anything before 2.2.2 was retired out of copyright reasons. Some Borland code crept in somewhere in '98, and between 2.2.0 and 2.2.2 we ripped it out after we got a notice from Borland. Luckily they were understanding, and gave us time to do it well.

So 2.2.2 is the oldest version you will find on servers we control.

The license situation for everything _compiled_ with older versions is insecure. Consult your legal aid in case of doubt.

> +==================================================+
> | FPC 1.0.10 (DOS, aka GO32v2) on a 1.44 MB floppy |
> +==================================================+
Please do not advocate tainted and non-libre code.

The more serious problem is the one that Laaca metioned. The IDE gets to a state where it refuses to compile. Contrarily to what people think it had that aspect in 2.2.x too, but it was a lot rarer. Some of the codegeneration changes of 2.4.x made it probably more prominent (or some other change in the compiler). The problem also isn't limited to dos alone.

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