The Lazarus team would like to announce that it has started the releasepreparations for Lazarus 1.2.The release process will consist of several steps which you can find here:We would like to invite people to test the Lazarus 1.1.99 pre-release.You should treat this release with similar caution as the dailysnapshots. If you wish to participate in the early testing, you shouldbe prepared to backup and restore your data.If you do not feel experienced enough, please wait for the first releasecandidate in a couple of weeks. You can still join the testing then.News in this Version- On Windows the installer now allows 2 independent installations.What we are looking for:- Crashes of the IDE- Crashes of your app, provided identical code works flawless, whencompiled with the official Lazarus 1.0 release or the official Lazarus1.0.12 release.- Regressions compared to the official Lazarus 1.0 release or theofficial Lazarus 1.0.12 release.- Does your app behave different or unexpected, where it was workingunder the previous released Lazarus- Does the IDE react differently (disbehave) when you use it?Before reporting please check the release notes for any documented changes.The 1.1.99 is built with fpc 2.6.2.The release is available for download on SourceForge:Choose your CPU, OS, distro and then the "Lazarus 1.1.99 Alpha Prerelease" directory.Minimum requirements:Windows: 98, 2k, XP, Vista, 7, 8FreeBSD/Linux: gtk 2.8 or qt4.5Mac OS X: 10.5, LCL only 32bit, non LCL apps can be 64bitThe svn tag isFor people who are blocked by SF, the Lazarus releases from SourceForgeare mirrored at:and later at (after some time for synchronization)and