"hosted" definition for all dependencies instead of PUB_HOSTED_URL env variable.

[FrantisekGazo]

Could you add support for a hosted field in root of pubspec.yaml?

Similar to publish_to but this one would override default pub server for all dependencies (basically what PUB_HOSTED_URL does, but only for one pubspec) ?

REASON:

In my usecase I need to get all dependencies from a private pub server (even the public ones).

I found only 2 ways to define a private/custom pub server for dependecies:

1. define a hosted field for a dependency:

dependencies:
  example:
    hosted: https://some.other.pub
    version: x.y.z

2. define a PUB_HOSTED_URL env variable to override the default one (= pub.dev).

If I used 1. then I would have to define hosted for every dependency, which is tedious and therefore not a good solution. And if I used 2. then I would override the default pub server for all projects on my system, therefore not a good solution.

I found a command direnv that allows me to define env variables for a directory. Using it I'm able to define PUB_HOSTED_URL for projects that need it separatelly. BUT flutter plugin for AndroidStudio ignores env variables defined this way - so I would have to use terminal only, which is not good.

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Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I didn't find any other solution. Are there any workarounds that I missed?

[sigurdm]

Yeah - it would be nice with more ergonomics around using third-party package repositories

[sigurdm]

Related issue: https://github.com/dart-lang/pub/issues/3518