Allow importing a ZIP library package with multiple libraries inside
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Description
I'm core developer of the Blynk library.
It supports lot's of hardware types and boards (more than 60!), but it also means it has a bunch of dependency libraries.
We run into a situation, where it would be much easier to import our library, bundled with some dependencies in a single ZIP file.
For example, to be able to import all libraries from this ZIP:
https://github.com/blynkkk/blynk-library/releases/download/v0.3.7/Blynk_v0.3.7.zip
We could think about adding a special marker file in the root of the package, so IDE can reliably detect a multi-library package.
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Research direction
The issue names no file, test, or entry point. Begin by reproducing import of the linked Blynk_v0.3.7.zip in Arduino IDE 1.x and tracing the existing library-import path. Define how a root marker or equivalent identifies contained libraries, then verify that all libraries import without breaking single-library ZIP imports.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100