On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 7:51 AM, Jens Axel Søgaard <jensa...@soegaard.net> wrote: > Let's say I want to submit Typed Racket as a package. > Is the package name "Typed Racket" or typed-racket ?
"Typed Racket" is not valid because it contains a space. > I just got a 503 from pkg.racket-lang.org, so I check whether > it is clear from the context what is meant. I just fixed it > /Jens Axel > > > > 2013/4/6 Robby Findler <ro...@eecs.northwestern.edu> >> >> I just tried clicking thru this too and I think just putting "Package >> Name" near the top where it says "Name" is a suitable fix. >> >> Robby >> >> >> On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Jay McCarthy <jay.mccar...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> After having clicked on a link that says "Contribute a Package", I >>> don't think it is unreasonable to think that a user would know they >>> had to give the information about the package, including fundamental >>> information like its name. >>> >>> If you still disagree, I think it would be easy to submit a patch: >>> >>> >>> https://github.com/plt/racket/blob/master/collects/meta/pkg-index/official/main.rkt#L606 >>> >>> If you'd like, I can make the patch myself, but I think it may be more >>> productive to figure out the deeper reason why it is hard to tell that >>> "Contribute a Package" goes to a package information form and fix >>> that, rather than just changing a text string. >>> >>> Jay >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 5:51 PM, Tony Garnock-Jones <to...@ccs.neu.edu> >>> wrote: >>> > I just tried to register a package with pkg.racket-lang.org. First I >>> > registered an account, by typing in an email address and fresh >>> > password. >>> > >>> > The next step was a webpage prompting me for "Name" and some other >>> > fields. I didn't realise it was asking me for the *package* name, and >>> > thought it was looking for *my* name! Fortunately, it rejected the >>> > package name "Tony Garnock-Jones" because it had a hyphen in it. >>> > >>> > It took me until I was ready to post an angry message pointing at >>> > >>> > http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/ >>> > to finally realise it wanted me to type the *package* name. >>> > >>> > I think the form should have the field label "Name" replaced with >>> > "Package Name", to make life easier for klutzes like myself :-) >>> > >>> > Regards, >>> > Tony >>> > ____________________ >>> > Racket Users list: >>> > http://lists.racket-lang.org/users >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 >>> ____________________ >>> Racket Users list: >>> http://lists.racket-lang.org/users >> >> >> >> ____________________ >> Racket Users list: >> http://lists.racket-lang.org/users >> > > > > -- > -- > Jens Axel Søgaard > -- 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 ____________________ Racket Users list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/users
