Online Package Manager

[valdir.marcos]

Just curious.
This Lazarus repository will be similar to Debian repositories that have stable, testing and unstable versions of the packages?

[JuhaManninen]

BTW, your zipper code has a memory leak somewhere.

It is not in the zipper code.
There is a leak after installing a package and building / restarting the IDE. I could not figure out where exactly.

[JuhaManninen]

This Lazarus repository will be similar to Debian repositories that have stable, testing and unstable versions of the packages?

No.

[balazsszekely]

@Juha
It is not in the zipper code.
There is a leak after installing a package and building / restarting the IDE. I could not figure out where exactly.

I was able to reproduce the memory leak. It's caused by "DoOpenPackageFile" function from inside pkgmanager.pas called through packageintf.pas. If I remove the function call the memory leak is gone. Something is not freed inside "DoOpenPackageFile".

[lainz]

How it is going, you created the git repository?

Edit: see the first post, the repository was created 5 days ago. 

[balazsszekely]

@lainz
How it is going?

I'm working on it. To support multiple packages, I had to redesign a large part of the code.(see attachment). When it will be ready? I cannot tell you exactly. Hopefully soon.
Please suggest categories, for now I have:  Networking, Graphics, Multimedia, Reporting, Miscellaneous. What else? BGRABitmap is graphics, mediaplayer multimedia  ,
no-brainer so far, but in which category can I include VirtualStringTree for example?

you created the git repository

Yes, I updated my first post a few days ago.

[lainz]

As I can see in your screenshot:

BGLControls is not BGRAControls! BGLControls is an OpenGL control to use with BGRABitmap for OpenGL.

BGRAControls is located here: https://github.com/bgrabitmap/bgracontrols , and is a separate package/download.

[balazsszekely]

@lainz
BGLControls is not BGRAControls! BGLControls is an OpenGL control to use with BGRABitmap for OpenGL.

Thanks, noted! The eight packages is for testing purposes only, the whole repository will be recreated.

[lainz]

Ok, is a really nice feature, hope some day get bundled and distributed with lazarus.

[howardpc]

Please suggest categories, for now I have:  Networking, Graphics, Multimedia, Reporting, Miscellaneous. What else? BGRABitmap is graphics, mediaplayer multimedia  ,
no-brainer so far, but in which category can I include VirtualStringTree for example?

DataControls or GUIContainers perhaps.
Could I suggest avoiding Miscellaneous altogether? It's as bad as the name 'Anonymous'  . Or, if you must, how about Other (it's shorter and no less informative).

[JuhaManninen]

DataControls or GUIContainers perhaps.

GUIContainers or VisualContainers is good.
DataControls brings an association to DB data aware controls.

[balazsszekely]

@howardpc
DataControls or GUIContainers perhaps.

VirtualStringTree is a  GUIContainer. I like that! Thanks.

Could I suggest avoiding Miscellaneous altogether? It's as bad as the name 'Anonymous'  . Or, if you must, how about Other (it's shorter and no less informative).

Done.

Edit: I need more  . @Juha?

[avra]

Please suggest categories, for now I have:  Networking, Graphics, Multimedia, Reporting, Miscellaneous. What else?

Take a look at left frame on http://torry.net/pages.php?id=20. You decide if you want such fragmentation, but anyway you will get an idea about possible categories.

[balazsszekely]

@avra
Take a look at left frame on http://torry.net/pages.php?id=20. You decide if you want such fragmentation, but anyway you will get an idea about possible categories.

Thanks avra! It's useful.

[Xor-el]

Awesome Job you are doing @GetMem, I have been wanting something like this for a while for FreePascal and it looks like my prayers have been answered.
Thanks a lot.
How about we have a category called Cryptography?