On Mon, 11 Mar 2019, Kostas Michalopoulos via lazarus wrote:
On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 12:55 PM Juha Manninen via lazarus
<[email protected]> wrote:
Everybody wants to include their custom components in LCL. Why?
Most likely because it is much easier to have a single "batteries
included" installer that provides everything you need out of the box
now and much more likely to be there and working in the future (since
it is part of the codebase that the Lazarus devs are compiling against
after every modification), than chase after packages provided by
others who may or may not keep them available and up to date (keeping
your own copies can solve the "available" part, but then you take
unofficial ownership of the package for the "up to date" part).
Exactly.
Relying on packages somewhere in the cloud can lead to nasty surprises.
I've been bitten by npm ("packaging on steroids") more than once when
developing browser-based apps, and I am very reluctant to use such mechanisms.
You're constantly chasing version numbers for no good reason.
IMO Lazarus should provide a decent selection that allows someone to do most
common tasks without needing to install something extra.
(what this "decent selection" is, is up for debate, of course)
Michael.
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