[Lazarus] Components dcu?

[Hans-Peter Diettrich]

Sven Barth schrieb:
> On 28.08.2012 18:46, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
>> On 28/08/12 16:45, Chavoux Luyt wrote:
>>> I read through the wiki, but it seems like they only discuss the
>>> possibilities. Nothing has been done yet? Do we actually know how Delphi
>>> did it (on the wiki it looks like we are still guessing)?
>>
>> It's not about "how Delphi did it" or "can FPC implement it", it is
>> simply about Delphi doesn't overcome the same problem FPC faces. Delphi
>> simply have the luck of the draw that there is no daily compiler or VCL
>> snapshots, no builds between releases etc. So coding components for
>> Delphi is easy, because you only target one compiler/vcl version per 
>> year.
> 
> Let's not forget the point that this feature wants to be implemented at 
> least for the major platforms Windows, Linux and Mac OS X...

That's why the Delphi IDE is bound to Windows. Even Kylix required Wine 
for the IDE. For other projects it's much easier to provide loadable 
package support, or to turn off "build with packages" for all platforms 
where it is not implemented.

DoDi