[fpc-devel] lNet in packages

[Micha Nelissen]

On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 19:01:53 -0700
L505 <fpc505 at z505.com> wrote:

> >> > I'm all for it. The question is: base or extra. Or even FCL.
> >>
> >> fpnet package. The FCL is only basic stuff, some extended RTL. IMHO the
> >> fpimage,db and xml shall also be moved to fpimage, fpdb and fpxml
> >> packages.
> >
> > Why prefix everything with fp ?
> 
> I think it will be more obvious as to why it is useful, when you start looking for
> DSO/DLL packages in the next compiler which has dynamic FPC packages working. i.e. on
> linux in /lib/ any DSO that starts with fp is easy to spot. If no FP prefix then
> RTL.so may conflict with many other DSO's out there.

Yes sorry, I was confusing directory names with shared library names.

Micha