[Lazarus] Online Package Manager errors ?

[Sven Barth]

Balázs Székely via lazarus <lazarus at lists.lazarus-ide.org> schrieb am Mo.,
13. Apr. 2020, 20:08:

>
> I have a naive suggestion for OPM. Some components depends on external
>> libraries/binaries (libffi, openssl, libsagui etc.), so it would be nice
>> any field like "Libraries", or "Dependencies", or even "External files"
>> inside the "Package info", providing previous information that the package
>> needs external libraries/files to work properly. (sorry if it is already
>> implemented, I'm using Lazarus 2.0.6)
>>
> Thanks for the suggestion. In my opinion the external libraries should be
> shipped with the package(if possible). Adding a new entry in the package
> tree it's not a problem, it can be done in 15-20 minutes, however the list
> already has a "Christmas tree" feeling to it. Any extra info should be
> added to the "package description"  or "community description" entries,
> which can be opened in a separate form.
>

I don't agree. Especially on Linux (and the BSDs probably as well) that is
part of the OS' package manager, even for macOS there is an open source one
that one can install to handle such things. So a list of required
dependencies would be enough.

This list would also be useful for deployment of the final application
however so that one can either set up an installer / package correctly or
report to the user in a Readme or so what libraries are required.

Regards,
Sven

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