Re: Pascal - and DEBIAN

From	"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: Pascal - and DEBIAN
Date	2026-01-13 11:28 +0100
Message-ID	<5bjh3mx9rh.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> (permalink)
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On 2026-01-13 10:03, Richard Kettlewell wrote:
> c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> writes:
>> Noted that the Deb libs are still using VERY
>> old versions of FPC/Lazarus - Laz 2.2
>>
>> The current version of Lazarus is 4.4, FPC around 3.3 or so.
> 
> lazarus in Debian stable is 4.0 (with 4.4 in unstable). If you’re seeing
> something older you’re not using current Debian.
> 
> https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=lazarus
> 

cer@Telcontar:~> rpm -q lazarus
lazarus-4.4-lp156.77.11.x86_64
cer@Telcontar:~>

openSUSE Leap 15.6, which is generically ancient.

repo Development/Languages/Other

>> Had to get the CURRENT Lazarus/FPC stuff
>> directly from the Laz site. Previous ver
>> didn't work, they got some version stuff
>> wrong. The latest though WORKS.
>>
>> Is this 'Pascal Prejudice', or just laziness ?
> 
> Debian is an unpaid volunteer project. If nobody who cares about a given
> language volunteers their time, the outcome is poor or nonexistent
> support for that language.
> 


-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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  Re: Pascal - and DEBIAN Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-01-13 09:03 +0000
    Re: Pascal - and DEBIAN "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-01-13 11:28 +0100
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