[Lazarus] Only VCL-compatible components in LCL

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Thu, 11 Dec 2014 14:03:36 +0000
Martin Frb <lazarus at mfriebe.de> wrote:

>[...]
> Even if this was added, what about the many that are not. The 
> fundamental problem is making add-on components more accessible.

+1


> What the CCR need is either one release manager, or every contributor on 
> the CCR doing that them self. Then for every Lazarus release a set of 
> tested source archives could be offered for download, containing the 
> version of each of the packages that works with the release.
> If maintainers want to add such archives we can probably find a place to 
> upload them all for download. Maybe it is even possible to add them to 
> sourceforge in a separate folder. Then the CCR had the same visibility 
> as the Lazarus releases themself

+1
The CCR contains packages with different directory layouts. To make the
CCR a repository the packages need to follow some rules. And each
package needs some information, e.g. what platforms they support.

Mattias