[fpc-devel] Dnamic packages support

[Florian Klaempfl]

Marco van de Voort schrieb:
>> Florian Klaempfl schrieb:
>>>>> Ok, I'll ask next time this person to spent the weekend to fix windows
>>>>> installer scripts and assign to it the still open web download page,
>>>>> installer and install package bugs.
>>>> I was never for the download system in the first place remember? In my
>>>> opinion it can be a huge binary.
>>> I meant only the current download pages.
>> Add: Each additional downloadble package increases deployment pain
>> significantly. Just look at 9500, this problem exists for aeons, nobody
>> cares.
> 
> Probably, but is that really the problem with packages?

I said: packages blow up download sizes
you said: make it an optional downloadable package
I say: we are even not able to maintain the current downloads and keep
them bug free

> Packages are a part
> of Delphi compat, and have been explicitely on the 2.x roadmap for years.
> And now we cancel it because the linux install installs the demoes in the
> wrong place, if not manually fixed?
> 
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