Darian Miller
2008-07-01 03:44:05 UTC
I've used Indy for quite a few years but I'm starting a new, large project
project and am debating if it's time to move on.... Delphi 2006, native
Win32.
IPWorks?
Synapse?
RTC?
Looking for a whole suite of TCP/IP support. From the looks of it, IPWorks
has won out? (There was a package from Dart Software that was popular years
back which is probably still out there as well.)
I've been off the newsgroups for quite a while but it just seems Indy hasn't
progressed much in years. (Simple question - is IOCP ready for prime time?)
The full install to download from here
http://www.indyproject.org/Sockets/Download/Files/Indy10.EN.aspx is 10.0.52
but there's the warning "This is however a rather old version and is no
longer recommended" so that makes that pretty much out by definition.
Besides, Indy 10 is referred to as "Please note that versions 8 and 9 are
stable usable versions. Version 10 is still in development and as such, we
only offer a download of the live source code (which we call a snapshot)."
and the warning from the dev snapshot page "You are being warned. This will
provide you with a direct link into our current development files. At
various times the files may not compile, or in some cases may cause strange
errors. Use at your own risk!"
So how about simply offering an Indy 10 package that IS recommended
somewhere by someone and not touch it until there's another one available?
Seems like a simple request that hasn't been available for quite a while.
(You'd have to go back to 2004 for Indy 9 or 10.0.52)
Indy-ites can flame all you want, but it seems to be true - post a link to
download a recommended version of Indy that is not 4 years old.
Darian
project and am debating if it's time to move on.... Delphi 2006, native
Win32.
IPWorks?
Synapse?
RTC?
Looking for a whole suite of TCP/IP support. From the looks of it, IPWorks
has won out? (There was a package from Dart Software that was popular years
back which is probably still out there as well.)
I've been off the newsgroups for quite a while but it just seems Indy hasn't
progressed much in years. (Simple question - is IOCP ready for prime time?)
The full install to download from here
http://www.indyproject.org/Sockets/Download/Files/Indy10.EN.aspx is 10.0.52
but there's the warning "This is however a rather old version and is no
longer recommended" so that makes that pretty much out by definition.
Besides, Indy 10 is referred to as "Please note that versions 8 and 9 are
stable usable versions. Version 10 is still in development and as such, we
only offer a download of the live source code (which we call a snapshot)."
and the warning from the dev snapshot page "You are being warned. This will
provide you with a direct link into our current development files. At
various times the files may not compile, or in some cases may cause strange
errors. Use at your own risk!"
So how about simply offering an Indy 10 package that IS recommended
somewhere by someone and not touch it until there's another one available?
Seems like a simple request that hasn't been available for quite a while.
(You'd have to go back to 2004 for Indy 9 or 10.0.52)
Indy-ites can flame all you want, but it seems to be true - post a link to
download a recommended version of Indy that is not 4 years old.
Darian