On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 9:11 AM, Balázs Székely via Lazarus < lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org> wrote:
> Hi, > > I decided to implement the online package manager(opkman) or at least > give it a try. The first stable(alpha) version is ready and it works like > this: the packages are zipped and stored in a webserver(repository) along > with a json file. I chose zip to minimize server load. The json file > contains all the necessary info about the packages. Once installed into the > IDE, the opkman downloads, then serialize the json file into a package > list. The list is displayed in a tree. On request the packages can be > downloaded or/and installed. For now the repository is read-only, it > contains only eight, well known(I guess?) packages. The nature/type of the > eight package is irrelevant for now, since we are only testing the > functionality of the opkman. Few notes: > > 1. Supported versions: Laz 1.6+(FPC 3.0.0+). I did the > implementation/testing with Lazarus trunk(FPC 3.0.0) > 2. Tested under the following widgetsets: Win32/64, GTK2, Carbon > 3. After install, you can find opkman in the "Package" menu > 4. Download link: https://drive.google.com/file/ > d/0B9Me_c5onmWoVXU3Y1N2dk8xWDQ/view?usp=sharing > > Please test! Suggestions are welcome. > > PS: Big thanks to @Leledumbo for hosting the repository. > > regards, > Balázs > Thanks for sharing it, it's really a great job! :-) Some suggestions: * allow the user to use Lazarus-CCR/Github/Bitbucket/GitLab as component server; (it allows anyone to publish their components) * rename it to something like LazGetIt or LPM (Lazarus package manager) etc., try to send it to be distributed in the Lazarus /components folder, or try to ask Lazarus team about how to improve it, so that it comes installed as default in the official Lazarus IDE; (Lazarus needs a official solution like Delphi's GetIt or Delphinus) * add the "Uninstall", "Remove", "Download" and "Info" buttons; (Uninstall - just uninstall it from Lazarus IDE; Remove - uninstall and remove all downloaded files; Download - just download the component sources without install it; Info - show the component README/overview) * synchronize it to show some already installed component; (it avoid conflict with another installed user component) * allow it to use HTTPS. Anyway, I've not seen the sources, I've just installed it on my IDE taking the following awesome window: https://img42.com/6axLU . -- Silvio Clécio
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