ng.pascal.borland,de.comp.lang.pascal
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From: "Skybuck Flying" 

Hello,

Little blog:

I have experimented with subversion + google code hosting + delphi xe 
build-in subversion client + rapid svn.
I spent a whole day trying to figure this stuff out but with success.
The subversion experience seems slow therefore I have trimmed down the 
project to an absolute minimum of files so that downloads/checkouts can 
happen fastly.
So in short: I have now setup a subversion server so that we could work in 
parallel.
However this will not be your typical subversion experience, since I have my 
own versioning methods and I don't really like subversion... it's too slow 
and fok-ups are just around the corner...
However it will come in handy for this phase2 and it will come in handy for 
parallel work.
After the parallel work/fixes have been completed the trunk/revisions will 
probably again be removed, or perhaps it will be stored for historic 
reasons... however new branches will be created for further experimentation.
Zip files will probably be main way of distributing all necessary files but 
perhaps I might change my mind later on... and perhaps I will start to use 
subversion more seriously... for now don't count on it staying up long ;)
So if you want to join in with fixing free pascal compiler so that it can be 
successfully compiled in Delphi XE then here is your big chance to join in ! 
;) =D
Meanwhile you can also gain some experience with subversion... it's actually 
quite fun now that I am getting the hang of it and understand it a little 
bit better ;) (I have tried in the past that probably helped ;) :))
Perhaps I will create some little tutorials maybe even some video's to help 
you started with working with subversion, delphi and this project.
For now this little help right here will have to do (all subversion-noobies 
are welcome ! ;) :)):

What do you need to participate in this project:

1. Delphi XE
2. A subversion client (Delphi XE should have one build in, otherwise 
download Rapid SVN (it's free)).
3. A google account.
4. The following information, enter this subversion link into your client 
(repository):
https://free-pascal-compiler-delphi-port.googlecode.com/svn/

My advice is to select the "fpc-build" folder and download/check it out to 
your computer.

"fpcbuild-2.4.2-delphi-xe-port-version-004-make-fixes"

Copy & paste the folder name to a new folder on your computer, and rename it 
as follows, example:

"P:\fpcbuild-2.4.2-delphi-xe-port-version-004-make-fixes-working-copy"

For now you can only download the sources via svn (subversion), but you 
should also be able to make changes,
simply use Delphi XE to make changes/fixes to files.

5. For you to be able to commit (send fixes to the subversion server) I need 
to add you as a "project member".
I need to add your e-mail which you associated with your google account to 
the "project committers" list.
Once I did that you should be able to "commit" your changes.

So if you want to participate in this project send me an e-mail:
skybuck2000@hotmail.com

Then I will put you on the committers list and you can go have some fun ! ;) 
=D

In case subversion is too difficult for you or you don't like it or you just 
want to have the latest files then here is the latest 
"release/distribution".
I removed all unnecessary files and it has become much smaller and much more 
easy maintainable me thinks for the time being (i386/x86 only ;))
(However it should be able to later integrate changes back into the main 
releases, so don't worry about that ;))
fpcbuild-2.4.2-delphi-xe-port-version-004-make-fixes.rar

I hope some of you will join, that would be cool ! ;) =D

Bye for now,
  Skybuck.



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