Re: [racket-dev] package-system update

2013-07-15 Thread Matthew Flatt
At Sun, 14 Jul 2013 09:43:13 -0400, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote: On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 9:29 AM, Matthew Flatt mfl...@cs.utah.edu wrote: At Sun, 14 Jul 2013 09:02:28 -0400, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote: But when you run `raco pkg install' or `raco pkg update', then the package details are not

Re: [racket-dev] package-system update

2013-07-15 Thread Matthew Flatt
At Sun, 14 Jul 2013 18:02:11 -0400, Greg Hendershott wrote: 1. Racket has a wonderful story about simple installation. [..] For many users, a monolithic(ish) simple install will remain a wonderful thing. As best I understand, the proposal isn't to get rid of that, instead it's to

Re: [racket-dev] package-system update

2013-07-15 Thread Togan Muftuoglu
On Mon, 15 Jul 2013 09:34:00 -0600, Matthew Flatt mfl...@cs.utah.edu said: Matthew At Sun, 14 Jul 2013 15:59:28 +0200, tog...@opensuse.org wrote: On Sun, 14 Jul 2013 07:00:14 -0600, Matthew Flatt mfl...@cs.utah.edu said: Matthew Longer term, I think that OS-level

Re: [racket-dev] package-system update

2013-07-15 Thread Neil Van Dyke
Matthew Flatt wrote at 07/13/2013 02:56 PM: Others seem overwhelmed by the details, unsure of how it will all work out, and disconcerted by conflicting messages from others who seem to understand the issues. BTW, I don't know whether I'm involved in anyone being disconcerted. If I am, please