BinaryProvider.jl
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Clarify the relation to bindeps?
I'm a bit confused about what this package provides when compared to bindeps.jl, when should I use bindeps vs this? Do they complement or replace each other?
BinDeps is effectively end-of-life; going forward, packages with binary dependencies should use BinaryBuilder and BinaryProvider.
BinaryBuilder and BinaryProvider are often called BB2 aka BinDeps2.
OK let's add some info to the readmes of the three packages then :)
It should also be noted that not all libraries support cross-compilation, which is what BinaryBuilder uses to build binary dependencies. One particularly notable example is HDF5, which at least for now continues to require BinDeps since there isn't currently a way to provide it with BinaryBuilder and BinaryProvider.