PackageManagerRFC
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Delphi Package Manager RFC
There are several build automation cross-language, cross-platform tools which include a packaging solution as an integral part. There is no ready solution for the Delphi, however, they are all built...
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Delphi Already uses the term 'Package' for runtime and design time packages (bpl's). So should our package manager really be called a 'Library Manager'? In most other development environments I...
Drawing inspiration from the Joomla CMS modular update system. Your extension basically adds an URL pointing to an XML file hosted at the vendor and updated when a new version...
Nuget uses xml NPM uses json. Ruby Gems use - Ruby My preference is for xml because I * I can put comments in xml files (json doesn't support comments)...
There can be problems when multiple libraries depend on the same library, or the project depends on a library that also other libraries depend on. Example: libA and libB both...
Should a package file contain 1. Source code only 2. Binaries only 3. Both Binaries only or source only would simplify dependency resolution. When both are included, the dependency resolution...
When a package is installed, and it includes source only (no precompiled binaries), should it be compiled for the platform it's being installed in?? The advantage of doing this is...
Github has a nice overview of package managers here: https://github.com/topics/package-manager
I hd a similar idea last week, but if you already have something, no matter how much, that would be cool. If you need help, I'm glad to help.