Re: [julia-users] packages that depend on unregistered packages (also: pkg REQUIRE allow urls)?

2014-07-29 Thread ggggg
I'd also like to be able to require a URL. At the very least it will make for easier testing. But I think it will also simplify maintaining and using non-public packages.

[julia-users] packages that depend on unregistered packages (also: pkg REQUIRE allow urls)?

2014-07-26 Thread S Wade
Hi all, I have a number of unregistered packages that depend on each other. I’d like to be able to specify these dependencies, so I tried to add dependent URLs to REQUIRE but it seems you can’t just add a URL to the require file. I’d like users to be able to run Pkg.clone() to install the

Re: [julia-users] packages that depend on unregistered packages (also: pkg REQUIRE allow urls)?

2014-07-26 Thread S Wade
That makes sense. I guess we could merge internal + external metadata on a regular basis. That said, I think it would be good to be able to REQUIRE a URL in the same way it’s possible to clone a package from a URL. thanks, wade On Jul 26, 2014, at 4:14 PM, Iain Dunning