major version to do

This is a page for reminders with regard to release engineering and the next "major" FPC version. Mostly it is a list of reminders which deprecated functionality can be removed.

3.0.x (working title for 1st major release after 2.6 series)

• Remove deprecated functions in unit "unix" - Most of these have been deprecated since before 2007.
• remove deprecated functions from unixutils. (deprecated during the 2.4.0 release preparation),/strike>
• sockets unit has old non fp functions under ifdef. Can be removed at any time, inactive

• Linux stat record cleanup? Has been deprecated for at least the whole 2.6 cycle.
• sockets inaddr unit has non standard fieldnames from 1.0.x time in union (roughly same issue as linux stat. Has been deprecated for a while too.
• remove deprecated records and functions (shlobj) from unit Windows.
• same for messages.

3.2.0 (2nd major release after 2.6 series)

• review all deprecations in unix/ dir again. Most are relatively unused and harmless.
  • Review deprecations in unit unix (some minor linux specific things and leftovers deprecated during 2.6 cycle)
  • remove deprecated functions from unixutils. (deprecated during the 2.6.0 release preparation)