This is automatically handled, as all PkgEval does is a Pkg.add() and a
Pkg.test(). Thus is your REQUIRE/requires are correct, everything just
works. Indeed, this way PkgEval catches if a package maintainer forgets
this important step.

On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 4:21 PM, Seth <[email protected]> wrote:

> Another suggestion would be to allow the package maintainer to specify
> which version of code s/he wants to test with each version. As an example,
> I will be tagging a version of my package that will be the final one that
> supports 0.3; it will make no sense for successive releases of the code to
> be tested against 0.3, but I'd love to know if something breaks in that
> final tag.
>
>
>
> On Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at 11:23:09 AM UTC-7, David Anthoff wrote:
>>
>> Sounds good to me! The visual is actually quite good with different
>> badges, because you do get a sense which version of the package you get on
>> which version of julia.
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On
>> Behalf Of *Iain Dunning
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 2, 2015 11:21 AM
>> *To:* [email protected]
>> *Subject:* Re: [julia-users] FYI: PackageEvaluator/pkg.julialang.org
>> badge URL change
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm not sure to be honest. We've never had one badge to aggregate it, I
>> think it'd be too much to cram into a badge.
>>
>> I'm not sure I'll ever test 0.3, 0.4, and 0.5 simultaneously.
>>
>> I guess I'll just provide the results, and people can select what they
>> think is relevant to users.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 2:11 PM, David Anthoff <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Is the idea that we have a separate badge for every julia version now,
>> i.e. very soon three? Or is there also one badge that shows the aggregated
>> information?
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
>> *On Behalf Of *Iain Dunning
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 2, 2015 12:47 AM
>> *To:* julia-users <[email protected]>
>> *Subject:* [julia-users] FYI: PackageEvaluator/pkg.julialang.org badge
>> URL change
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>>
>> In an effort to prepare for a reality where Julia 0.3, 0.4, and 0.5-dev
>> will all be in the wild simultaneously, I had to change the
>> PackageEvaluator badge URL scheme. I also took the opportunity to change
>> the badge design to be more informative about what its showing exactly.
>>
>>
>>
>> I've fixed about ~100 package READMEs, but there will be many more out
>> there.
>>
>> To fix your README, or to add the badges, simply look up you package on
>> pkg.julialang.org and click "Get permalink/badge" for the Markdown. Your
>> badge may still work, depending on when you last updated it, but the link
>> will almost surely be out-of-date (but won't give a 404).
>>
>>
>>
>> What is PackageEvaluator, you may ask? See
>> https://github.com/IainNZ/PackageEvaluator.jl for more info.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Iain
>>
>>
>>
>> PS: we're not far from 700 registered packages!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> *Iain Dunning*
>>
>> PhD Candidate
>> <http://orc.scripts.mit.edu/people/student.php?name=idunning> / MIT
>> Operations Research Center <http://web.mit.edu/orc/www/>
>>
>> http://iaindunning.com  /  http://juliaopt.org
>>
>


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 / MIT Operations Research Center <http://web.mit.edu/orc/www/>
http://iaindunning.com  /  http://juliaopt.org

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