Re: Who is working on getting FreePascal released?

Warren Postma via fpc-pascal <[email protected]> Tue, 21 Apr 2026 07:58:46 -0700
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>  Snapshots of trunk (what are essentially straight builds) are made daily=
:
> https://downloads.freepascal.org/fpc/snapshot/v33/x86_64-linux/

Finding those is really hard.

And those are not installers, they're tarballs.

Find a recent installer, there isn't one.










On Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 1:36=E2=80=AFAM Marco van de Voort via fpc-pascal <
[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Op 20-4-2026 om 13:24 schreef Graeme Geldenhuys via fpc-pascal:
> > On Monday, 20 April 2026 09:40:40 BST Thomas Kurz via fpc-pascal wrote:
> >> 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 year=
s.
> > What environment and architecture are you on?
> >
> > I've started making unofficial releases of FPC 3.3.1 ('main' - aka
> 'trunk'). I
> > started this mainly because I have software that requires features in F=
PC
> > 3.3.1 that others wanted to test too - and I simply can't sit around fo=
r
> a few
> > more years, waiting for the FPC team.
>
> Snapshots of trunk (what are essentially straight builds) are made daily:
>
> https://downloads.freepascal.org/fpc/snapshot/v33/x86_64-linux/
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">&gt;=C2=A0

Snapshots of trunk (what are essentially straight builds) are made daily:<b=
r>&gt;=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://downloads.freepascal.org/fpc/snapshot/v33/x8=
6_64-linux/" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://downloads.freepas=
cal.org/fpc/snapshot/v33/x86_64-linux/</a><div><br></div><div><span style=
=3D"background-color:rgba(247,236,254,0.125)">Finding those is really hard.=
=C2=A0=C2=A0</span></div><div><span style=3D"background-color:rgba(247,236,=
254,0.125)"><br></span></div><div><span style=3D"background-color:rgba(247,=
236,254,0.125)">And those are not installers, they&#39;re tarballs.</span><=
/div><div><span style=3D"background-color:rgba(247,236,254,0.125)"><br></sp=
an></div><div><span style=3D"background-color:rgba(247,236,254,0.125)">Find=
 a recent installer, there isn&#39;t one.</span></div><div><br></div><div><=
br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><=
br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote =
gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 21=
, 2026 at 1:36=E2=80=AFAM Marco van de Voort via fpc-pascal &lt;<a href=3D"=
mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>=
&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px =
0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
Op 20-4-2026 om 13:24 schreef Graeme Geldenhuys via fpc-pascal:<br>
&gt; On Monday, 20 April 2026 09:40:40 BST Thomas Kurz via fpc-pascal wrote=
:<br>
&gt;&gt; I&#39;m also eagerly waiting for the next release. Not for 3.2.4, =
but for 3.4.0.<br>
&gt;&gt; Imho, it&#39;d be desirable to have yearly releases with only some=
 enhancements<br>
&gt;&gt; and new features instead of waiting for big steps for more than 6 =
years.<br>
&gt; What environment and architecture are you on?<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I&#39;ve started making unofficial releases of FPC 3.3.1 (&#39;main&#3=
9; - aka &#39;trunk&#39;). I<br>
&gt; started this mainly because I have software that requires features in =
FPC<br>
&gt; 3.3.1 that others wanted to test too - and I simply can&#39;t sit arou=
nd for a few<br>
&gt; more years, waiting for the FPC team.<br>
<br>
Snapshots of trunk (what are essentially straight builds) are made daily:<b=
r>
<br>
<a href=3D"https://downloads.freepascal.org/fpc/snapshot/v33/x86_64-linux/"=
 rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://downloads.freepascal.org/fpc/=
snapshot/v33/x86_64-linux/</a><br>
<br>
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