but if this is 1.6.2, why are the release notes for 1.6.0 ?
1.6.2 is a bug fix release. So there are no new features. Hence no release notes.
There is a list of the bugs that were fixed:
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Lazarus_1.6_fixes_branchAlso if 1.6.0 and 1.6.2 are both built with FPC3.0.0, how is it this is shown to have changes ?
The changes are both for the last major release.
So actually what changed in Lazarus 1.6
Thinking about, this may be a bit misleading.
This is for anyone coming from an earlier 1.4.x release.
Every 1.6.x shares the release notes with 1.6
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New features are in "trunk" (svn).
This will at some point (not known yet) be released as 1.8.
Some of the feature are already on the wiki.
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Lazarus_1.8.0_release_notesBut there may be new features in trunk that have not been added. So the list in under construction.