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== Prerequisites to developing Lazarus ==
 
== Prerequisites to developing Lazarus ==
# Lazarus will no longer compile with FPC version 1.0.10. You should have the latest release of FreePascal(currently 2.0.0, or a recent CVS version is recommended).
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# Lazarus will no longer compile with FPC version 1.0.10. You should have the latest release of FreePascal(currently 2.0.0, or a recent SVN version is recommended).
# You MUST have the very latest Lazarus from CVS. [[Getting_Lazarus#Via_CVS|Getting Lazarus Via CVS]]
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# You MUST have the very latest Lazarus from SVN. [[Getting_Lazarus#Via_SVN|Getting Lazarus Via SVN]] (this link does not exist yet!)
  
 
== Where to begin? ==
 
== Where to begin? ==

Revision as of 00:36, 3 August 2005

So you want to help make Lazarus a world class IDE. Well you've come to the right place.

This Is A Work In Progress. If you have useful information to add to this, or see mistakes please feel free to fix or add to this page.

Prerequisites to developing Lazarus

  1. Lazarus will no longer compile with FPC version 1.0.10. You should have the latest release of FreePascal(currently 2.0.0, or a recent SVN version is recommended).
  2. You MUST have the very latest Lazarus from SVN. Getting Lazarus Via SVN (this link does not exist yet!)

Where to begin?

So now you have the latest version of Lazarus and wish to start improving Lazarus, but "where do I begin?"

Well, that depends. If you don't have any particular woes about Lazarus but just want to help, then I would recommend looking at the bug list Bug Tracker find a bug that you think you can fix, and start hacking.

Lazarus needs more documentation! If you don't want to fix a bug you can help by writing documentation. Look at Lazarus Documentation Editor and LCL Documentation Roadmap for some help on how to and a list of units to be documented.

Also see these links: Extending the IDE, Lazarus IDE ToDo List

Now I've fixed lazarus or added documentation. How do I submit my changes?

You will need to make a "patch" (Creating A Patch) and send it to the mailing list (maximum size 40kB) or the mailbox for patches patch@lazarus.dommelstein.net.

If you need help doing any of these things, you can always ask on the Lazarus mailing list or ask in #lazarus-ide on irc.freenode.net.