On Mon, May 20 2013, Matthew Flatt wrote: [...]
> Some drawbacks to omitting source are immediately apparent: > > - Users will be less able to make source changes on their systems to > help us debug. > > Having the binary form of a package installed does not preclude > "upgrading" to a source package. So, we could ask a user to use the > package manager to install the source form of, say, the "drracket" > package, and then try out a change. In that way, users can still > help, but it will be less convenient. > > - Users will be less able to read installed code as examples. > > Our source code is now easily available via the web interfaces at > http://git.racket-lang.org/ and GitHub, so users can always look > there, instead. FWIW (and i know it's not much, but anyway), this will be a big loss for Geiser users, who right know can jump to any core function source with a single keystroke and without leaving the editor. IME, there's a huge difference between that and having to switch to a web browser to find it, both when learning or programming new applications. Here's hope that down the line there'll be binary+source packages that end users can install with the same ease as today. Cheers, jao -- Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be. _________________________ Racket Developers list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/dev