[Lazarus] Package management questions

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Mon, 17 May 2010 09:49:42 +0200
Helmut Hartl <helmut.hartl at firmos.at> wrote:

> Am 15.05.10 18:14, schrieb Mattias Gaertner:
> > On Fri, 14 May 2010 17:25:46 +0200
> > Mattias Gaertner<nc-gaertnma at netcologne.de>  wrote:
> >
> >    
> >> On Fri, 14 May 2010 16:39:06 +0200
> >> Helmut Hartl<helmut.hartl at firmos.at>  wrote:
> >>
> >> [...]
> >>      
> >>> [...]
> >>> Nice would be when lazarus drops my known packages simply on project
> >>> open from the
> >>> other branch dir, and uses the "right" ones automagically ...
> >>>        
> > I implemented it. See here:
> > http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Lazarus_Packages#Different_versions_of_a_package
> >
> >
> > Mattias
> >    
> Thanks for implementing, I tested it and want to provide feedback:
> My package layout:
> FRE.lpk (Metapackage)
>    -FRE_CORE.lpk (Subpackage)
>    -FRE_AGGPAS.lpk (Subpackage)
>    -FRE_AUDIO.lpk (Subpackage)
>    -FRE_APS.lpk (Subpackage)
>    -FRE_FCOM-lps (Subpackage)
> 
> The project has only the metapackage as dependency.  I stored the 
> metapackage with "preferred" option,
> that works, but it only switches the metapackage not the subpackages.

Have you set the preferred file names in the dependencies of the meta
package?

> The workaround is to include all packages as requirement in the project -
> This works.

Yes, and I think this is the better solution. Preferences should be
stored in the project. Packages should be shared.


> The feature itself is really nice, as it now allows branch 
> switching in zero time!

:)

I will add it to changes list.

Mattias