FPC 2.6.4 available

                        Free Pascal Compiler

                            Version 2.6.4

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                          What's New in 2.6.4

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Free Pascal 2.6.4 is a point release from the 2.6.0 fixes branch.

Please also see http://wiki.freepascal.org/User_Changes_2.6.4 for a list
of changes that may affect the behaviour of previously working code, and
how to cope with these changes.

Some highlights are:

Packages:

  Lots and lots fixes and improvements for fcl-db
  web and json packages synchronized.
  improvements to the chmcmd compiler.
  Several fixes for winunits (and winceunits)

Docs:

Many additions
fpjson documented.

See http://bugs.freepascal.org/changelog_page.php for the list of reported
bugs which have been fixed in this release.

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Since 2.6.2 release was not announced via this communication channel previously, I'll summarize the changes between 2.6.0 and 2.6.2 here as well:

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                          What's New in 2.6.2

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Free Pascal 2.6.2 is a point release from the 2.6.0 fixes branch.

Please also see http://wiki.freepascal.org/User_Changes_2.6.2 for a list
of changes that may affect the behaviour of previously working code, and
how to cope with these changes.

Some highlights are:

Compiler:
* Improvements and fixes for the ARM architecture

Packages:
* New package fpindexer (indexing engine)
* Support for observer pattern added to fcl-base (and base classes in RTL)
* Lots and lots fixes and improvements for fcl-db
* Support for JSON dataset added among others
* Fixes and improvements for fcl-passrc (and fpdoc)
* Updates for PTCPas and gtk2
* fpmkunit improvements (better support for future switch to fpmake)
* Several fixes for x11
* Several fixes for winunits (and winceunits)

Platforms:
* Improvements to the NativeNT target (newly introduced as alpha in 2.6.0)
* Many fixes for OpenBSD and NetBSD (considered in beta state now)
* Internal ELF writer supported for more BSD targets
* Fixes and improvements for gba and nds