[fpc-pascal] Re: Embedded web server

[Marco van de Voort]

In our previous episode, michael.vancanneyt at wisa.be said:
> >> unless we
> >> include
> >> lnet in FPC.
> >
> > Well, fppkg uses it for years already, see utils/fppkg/lnet
> 
> I am aware of that, but that is an old unmaintained copy, 
> and that is exactly the problem: 
> There are 2 parallel implementations.
> 
> I have no problem with including it in FPC, but it's not my call...

I will no longer object, the earlier remark was an attempt at humor(because
I know how much you guys fear importing Indy into the tree).  I haven't been
able to further the indy cause much lately, so it would be a bit infantile
to keep blocking this. So I won't any longer.

But I will use this moment to reiterate my reasoning, why I don't like lnet
to be incorporated into the tree.  (compared to Indy or Synapse, don't care
which)

That is that it is incomplete (only a few protocols), and from what I've
seen from it requires quite some knowledge to operate.  It is not something
I'd like to advocate to users, at least not when there are better
alternatives.  In short, it seems its only virtue seems to be its small
size.

Florian:
> Well, fppkg uses it for years already, see utils/fppkg/lnet

Under the condition that it was only for embedded use in fppkg.