Thanks for the link. Is there a way to use the solver-based approach that's easier than involving a tethered installation or a custom launcher? On my end it looks like any different approach to packages would need a different module name resolver too.
~slg ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Thursday, May 21, 2020 10:16 AM, Sorawee Porncharoenwase <sorawee.pw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> There are basically two approaches in wide use here, depending on >> whether the underlying system was developed after this kind of package >> management approach became popular (npm, cargo, stack) or before >> (virtualenv for python and others). > > `stack` (Haskell) is a bit different from `npm` (JS): it installs a new > compiler for each project. I can't imagine how this approach could work with > tools like DrRacket. > >> I know this touches on a reason why PLaneT had issues, but I don't >> understand how this is a problem. If two versions of the same package are in >> different locations on a filesystem and the module resolver can somehow >> distinguish the two using collection paths, then how else do they collide? > > IIUC, `npm` solves this problem by doing exactly this, but it is pretty > naive. A solver based approach can be more optimized: > http://www.well-typed.com/blog/2015/03/qualified-goals/. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Racket Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to racket-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-dev/CADcuegtP%2BKEDz4rPQV6uU%2B2yMofizwe12Tb0MX1B24zWGjHE-w%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-dev/CADcuegtP%2BKEDz4rPQV6uU%2B2yMofizwe12Tb0MX1B24zWGjHE-w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to racket-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-dev/4S48b8dOz7vS_k2y1cbrBocbl0IHRsLV9u24M-wSw31KL9bpBZ5Pi-9VowKZIoJSP6MlLJ9UFwUpqLXab5IoypbFf0lbmV-iQYYXUv_AArE%3D%40sagegerard.com.
