@GetMem:
Thank you for the feedback and additional info.
oh dear... those are very bad statistics, and I wasn't aware of those ... That's a bummer and I am very sorry to hear that.
I understand that it is frustrating for you, especially since you afaik never volunteered for maintaining those packages (amongst them those that are abandoned). afaik you only ever opted for developing OPM.
The idea to host those (abandoned/non maintained or without interest from original author) packages somewhere else was exactly meant as a relieve for you (if that would have the opposite effect then please feel free to express your concerns).
My experience till now has been that I ran into issues. What I normally do is fix those issues myself and just go one with life... easy peacy.
What I find frustrating about that is that if I would like to address such issues so that more people could benefit from them that there is currently (as I understand) no way for me doing so other then post it somewhere in the hopes it get's picked up (and by the looks of it that would be you personally ?).
That seems a bit of a wrong approach to me. If there would be a (semi-)public place where these sources are hosted then I would at least be able to push or pull-request my changes/fixes without the need to bother anyone else (up till a certain point). Of course that still poses a kind of security risk (something that I haven't given much thought yet). I also haven't given any thought on where exactly such packages should or could be hosted (if that would to be the case).
Do you have any idea's on how this situation could be improved (with the current resources that are available, or what resources would be required to make things easier for you) ?
For instance, I have been trying to get myself familiar with creating fpm files, but am still getting stuck on a couple of things (mostly related to what is the proper way of doing things as documentation seems lacking, and standalone lazpkm seems reluctant to cooperate). imho some packages don't belong to Lazarus perse but could also be provided by fpc package manager (unless there is a future path layout for that already and one that I am not aware of). You already mentioned for instance FLRE, which imho would be a perfect candidate for FPC package manager, instead of putting that (again) at the burden of OPM.