The Free Pascal Compiler Team has this to say...
We have placed the first release-candidate of the Free Pascal Compiler version 2.2.4 on our ftp-servers.

You can help improve the upcoming 2.2.4 release by downloading and testing this release. If you want you can report what you have done here:
http://wiki.freepascal.org/Testers_2.2.4

With this release we also want to test our new packaging-system. After installing the package manager (fppkg) can be called from the command-line. For now only the 'lnet' package is available for installation through the package system. When all goes well it could be that more packages will be added.

For more information about fppkg:
http://wiki.freepascal.org/fppkg

Changes that may break backwards compatibility are documented at:
http://wiki.freepascal.org/User_Changes_2.2.4

Downloads are available at:
ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/pub/fpc/beta/2.2.4rc1/

Enjoy!

The Free Pascal Compiler Team