Re:FreePascal and Lazarus Foundation
by leledumbo on Thursday July 07, 2016 @09:30AM
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It's been 15 years since Lazarus (and thus LCL) was born and the following changes has happened:
- GTK1 interface is obsolete (was mainstream), GTK2 is mainstream, GTK3 is on the write
- QT4 is mainstream, QT5 is on the write
- Carbon is mainstream, Cocoa is near completion
I believe legacy already shows how the project can keep things up to date. It's the power of full community driven project, there's no necessity for a single maintainer to update everything on his own. Contributors may come and go, but they're there to update things.
- GTK1 interface is obsolete (was mainstream), GTK2 is mainstream, GTK3 is on the write - QT4 is mainstream, QT5 is on the write - Carbon is mainstream, Cocoa is near completion
I believe legacy already shows how the project can keep things up to date. It's the power of full community driven project, there's no necessity for a single maintainer to update everything on his own. Contributors may come and go, but they're there to update things.