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by rkagerer 1489 days ago
...the IDE will help to install the package

I wish I could love that feature, but I hate it. I don't like the way it obscures what's going on under the hood (I find myself taking snapshots and trying to figure out "what's changed" or reverse engineer the installer metadata), and many projects use it as a crutch instead of providing a simple drop-in file (or a few). So many projects don't even include a simple "download" button anymore.