* updated list of released platforms plus some general info

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Tomas Hajny 2004-12-30 18:47:59 +00:00
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@ -24,19 +24,20 @@ Free Pascal 1.9.6 is currently available for the following platforms:
- Linux-powerpc
- Linux-sparc
- Linux-x86_64 (amd64)
- Linux-arm
- Dos (i386), using the Go32v2 dos extender
- Win32 (Win95/98/Me/XP/2000 and WinNT)
- OS/2-i386 (OS/2 Warp v3.0, 4.0, WarpServer for e-Business and eComStation)
- FreeBSD i386
- Mac OS X/Darwin for PowerPC
- Mac OS (classic) for PowerPC
- Netware-i386
- NetwLibc-i386 (LibC is preferred API under newer Netware versions)
More platforms will be supported in future 1.9.x beta releases.
Because release building is quite time intensive, we decide to start the
2.0 beta series only with the most important targets. If you want to change
this and create and maintain 2.0 beta releases for other platforms and
targets, feel free to contact us, E-Mail addresses are listed below.
targets, feel free to contact us, e-mail addresses are listed below.
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* Features
@ -84,6 +85,9 @@ i386, x86_64, PowerPC or Sparc processor
Win32:
- Win95/98/Me/2000/XP or WinNT
- 16 MB RAM
OS/2:
- OS/2 Warp v3.0, OS/2 Warp v4.0, WSeB, MCP or any eComStation version
(OS/2 2.0/2.1 may work partly, but not supported)
Linux:
- system running a 2.0.x kernel
FreeBSD:
@ -95,11 +99,11 @@ Mac OS (classic)
- Mac OS 9.2 has been tested, should probably also work from 7.5.3 and up.
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* Quick start - Win32
* Quick start - Win32 / OS/2 / DOS
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Win32:
Download fpc-1.9.6.i386-win32.zip and unzip it
Download distribution archive (fpc-1.9.6.i386-win32.zip for Win32,
dos196.zip for GO32v2 or os2196.zip for OS/2) and unzip it
into a temporary directory.
Start the install program INSTALL.EXE and follow the instructions.
@ -154,8 +158,8 @@ so that people sending answers know about it and send you a copy.
Information about available lists and subscription can be found
on http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo
www: http://www.freepascal.org
ftp: ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/fpc
WWW: http://www.freepascal.org
FTP: ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/fpc
(several mirrors exist, see website for links)
Additional information about mailing lists, news, future plans etc.
@ -165,10 +169,8 @@ SNAPSHOTS & SOURCES
-------------------
One of the features of FPC is the snapshots. These are made daily or weekly
from the developers' latest versions of the source. Snapshots are available
for the GO32v2, Win32, OS/2 and Linux versions of the compiler/rtl. Snapshots
are also available for the go32v2 & Win32 IDEs, and for FV, FCL, GTK and
utils for GO32v2 and Win32. The latest snapshots are in: ftp... /fpc/snapshot/
in appropriately named .zip/tar files.
for GO32v2, Win32, OS/2, Linux and Netware versions. The latest snapshots
are in: ftp... /fpc/snapshot/ in appropriately named .zip/tar files.
You will also normally find in the snapshot archive file a readme, with
a note about the latest included changes. It is quite common, though it doesn't
@ -179,7 +181,7 @@ Also on the ftp site you'll find a /dist directory, with the latest
distributed releases, a /docs directory, and a /source directory, in
which every night at about 0100 GMT the latest source generated by the
developers during the day & evening before is exported from CVS
into ZIP files eg compiler.zip, rtl.zip, base.zip etc.
into ZIP file fpc.zip.
Making your own snapshots
@ -200,12 +202,14 @@ If you find a bug in the released version, you may want to try a snapshot
(see SNAPSHOTS above) to see if it has been fixed before reporting it to
the fpc-devel mailing list.
If you find a fault or 'feature' in a release, please report it
to the fpc-devel mailing list. PLEASE SEND ALSO A SMALL EXTRACT OF THE SOURCE
CODE which caused the problem, and state the version eg Win32, GO32v2,
and the date of the compiler etc on which you noticed the problem & any other
useful info so the developers can reproduce the problem, otherwise they may
not be willing/able to fix it.
If you find a fault or 'feature' in a release, please report it either using
the bug reporting interface available on our WWW pages (see above), or to
the fpc-devel mailing list. PLEASE INCLUDE ALSO A COMPILABLE CODE FRAGMENT
which can be used to reproduce the problem (or a link to larger archive if
it cannot reproduced with small example), and state the version eg Win32,
GO32v2, and the date of the compiler etc on which you noticed the problem
& any other useful info so the developers can reproduce the problem,
otherwise they may not be willing/able to fix it.
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