I read your contribution with great interest. One problem that is not addressed, as far as I have seen, is that any idiot, like me, can install his/her contributions (modules/collections/packages or whatever)
For a simple windows 7 user as I it is rather difficult to use command line instructions. I plead for an easy to use gui for making contributions. I also plead for an option to delete contributions that have never been dowloaded by anyone else than the contributor (would that be possible?) I once contributed a module wrongly. I am sure it has never been dowloaded, but I have no option to correct my silly mistake. All I could do is to upload an empty version, but the former version is still there. As for security, would it be possible to sandbox a download with some restrictions/options of permissions (opening files, creating new files, deleting files, renaming files, calling foreign applications, enter internet or email, and so on)??? Jos > -----Original Message----- > From: dev-boun...@racket-lang.org > [mailto:dev-boun...@racket-lang.org] On Behalf Of Jay McCarthy > Sent: 18 February 2011 22:21 > To: dev > Subject: [racket-dev] Packaging > > You may recall from the meeting over the summer that I promised a > packaging Christmas present to Racket. I'm over a month late, but here > it is: > > http://faculty.cs.byu.edu/~jay/tmp/pkgs/spec.html > > I lay out some goals for the new packaging system and make a > concrete proposal. > > Please share your feedback so I can direct my efforts better. > > Jay > > -- > Jay McCarthy <j...@cs.byu.edu> > Assistant Professor / Brigham Young University > http://faculty.cs.byu.edu/~jay > > "The glory of God is Intelligence" - D&C 93 > _________________________________________________ > For list-related administrative tasks: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/dev _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/dev