The Lazarus team is glad to announce the third release candidate of Lazarus 2.0.

This release was built with FPC 3.0.4.

The previous release Lazarus 1.8.4 was built with FPC 3.0.4 as well.

Why should everybody (including you) test the release candidate?

How to test

On Windows you can install as a 2ndary install, that will not affect your current install:

http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Multiple_Lazarus#Installation_of_multiple_Lazarus



http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Multiple_Lazarus#Installation_of_multiple_Lazarus On other platforms, if you install to a new location you need to use --primary-config-path

If you can edit forms in the designer

rename components / change properties in Object inspector / Add new events Add components to form / Move components on form Frames, if you use them

If you can navigate the source code (e.g. jump to implementation)

Auto completion in source code

Compile, debug and run

Anything else you use in your daily work

Here is the list of fixes for Lazarus 2.0.x:Here is the list of changes for Lazarus and Free Pascal:The release is available for download on SourceForge:Choose your CPU, OS, distro and then the "Lazarus 2.0RC3" directory.Checksums for the SourceForge files:Minimum requirements:Windows:2k, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 and 10, 32 or 64bit.FreeBSD/Linux:gtk 2.8 for gtk2, qt4.5 for qt, qt5.6 for qt5, 32 or 64bit.Mac OS X:10.5 to 10.12; Carbon (32bit), Cocoa (64bit, beta), qt and qt5 (32 or 64bit).The svn tag isFor people who are blocked by SF, the Lazarus releases from SourceForgeare mirrored at: ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/pub/lazarus/releases/ and later at (after some time for synchronization)In the past weeks the Lazarus team has stabilized the 2.0 fixes branch. The resulting 2.0RC3 is now stable enough to be used by any one for test purposes.However many of the fixes and new features that where committed since the release of 1.8 required changes to the code of existing features too. While we have tested those ourself, there may still be problems that only occur with very specific configurations or one project in a million.Yes, it may be that you are the only person with a project, that will not work in the new IDE. So if you do not test, we can not fix it.Please do not wait for the final release, in order to test. It may be too late. Once the release is out we will have to be more selective about which fixes can be merged for further 2.0.x releases. So it may be, that we can not merge the fix you require. And then you will miss out on all the new features.Download and install the 2.0 RC3.In either case you should make backups. (including your primary config)Open your project in the current Lazarus (1.8.x), and use "Publish Project" from the project menu. This creates a clean copy of yourproject.You can then open that copy in the RC3. Please test: