[WayBack] Embarcadero just released a patch for RAD Studio 10.2.2. It breaks linking projects with runtime packages, like GExperts, any other IDE expert and probably also most component packages. – Thomas Mueller (dummzeuch) – Google+ in a response to [WayBack] RAD Studio 10.2.2 Tokyo February 2018 Patch available now at https://cc.embarcadero.com/item/30819 . This patch for RAD Studio 10.2.2 (build 2004)… – Marco Cantù – Google+.

RSP-19914 (by Thomas Mueller) Summary After installing the RAD Studio 10.2.2 Tokyo February 2018 Patch I can no longer compile any project with “Link with runtime packages”. Error message:

[dcc32 Fatal Error] Project1.dpr(5): E2225 Never-build package ‘vcl’ must be recompiled Steps to reproduce 1. Create a new VCL project

2. Open project options

3. Select Packages -> Runtime Packages

4. Set “Link with runtime packages” to true

5. Close dialog with OK

6. Compile the project

-> Error

You might have noticed that the MVP logo is no longer on the blog. It got revoked because I was too critical. Given releases like the above, I can’t stop being critical in a public way as the internal ways to effectively voice criticism that used to work in the past stopped working a long time ago.

Not just the MVP was revoked, the account to which the MVP was attached got killed without notification. That account also had the tech-partner licenses attached: the ones I used to support Delphi open source projects. Which means I do not have any Embarcadero provided licenses to support open source Delphi projects any more except the ones I own (the most recent ones being Delphi 2007 and XE4).

Many people in the Delphi community even refuse to become MVP because formally the MVPs are not allowed to be be critical publicly. Which means these community members have a limited list of Delphi versions they can use to support and test their open source projects with.

I am glad for the time I could use those licenses to support open Delphi source projects, but alas, that time is over. I still like the concepts of Delphi as those are strong. I don’t like how Embarcadero handles their infrastructure and product quality.

In the next 2 years there will be Delphi posts on my blog as that’s about the depth of the posting queue right now. After that: time will tell. For the last decade or so, I’ve spend more free time supporting Delphi than spending time on paid Delphi projects. That won’t last forever.

For now I’m going on a two week holiday tomorrow after which I will be available for new projects.

–jeroen

Related: Why I care about QC and the Delphi community.