[fpc-devel] Status of Delphi-like packages (Class+RTTI aware DLL/SO)?

[Marco van de Voort]

In our previous episode, Dimitri Smits said:
> aparantly you beat me to it, but I was planning on compiling a mail like
> this one later today (at home).
> 
> Besides you (an me), is there anyone else interested in implementing this?
> My angle (besides from the obvious dynamic pluginsystem vs "the
> lazarus/*nix FOSS way"

Note that I don't hold library packages for Lazarus as very desirable.

> aka rebuild everything when you want something included)

Note that I have never heard anybody complain about the quick lazarus
startup time relative to Delphi.  That is the flip side of dynamic packages
!!!

> I would be nice to know who wrote/compiled the packages page in the fpc
> wiki and to get in contact with ppl that want to discuss/implement "delphi
> packages".

I did.