> "Typed Racket" is not valid because it contains a space. Let me rephrase the question.
A package has a two names. One is used informally among people to refer to a package. This could be Typed-Racket. The other is the name used in the package system this could be typed-racket. Is it clear from the context which one is meant? /Jens Axel 2013/4/7 Jay McCarthy <jay.mccar...@gmail.com> > 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 > -- -- Jens Axel Søgaard
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