Re: [racket-users] Re: third-party package tips and developer concerns (Was: New version of file-watchers)

2019-09-02 Thread Simon Schlee
Am So., 1. Sept. 2019 um 22:55 Uhr schrieb Neil Van Dyke < n...@neilvandyke.org>: > Simon Schlee wrote on 9/1/19 3:28 PM: > > > > Try not to make identifiers be simple generic terms, like `watch` > > > > > > I strongly disagree with this statement. > > I think what you say is valid, and I

Re: [racket-users] Re: third-party package tips and developer concerns (Was: New version of file-watchers)

2019-09-01 Thread Neil Van Dyke
Simon Schlee wrote on 9/1/19 3:28 PM: Try not to make identifiers be simple generic terms, like `watch` I strongly disagree with this statement. I think what you say is valid, and I agree in some situations. However, we're talking about reusable third-party packages, which are used

Re: [racket-users] Re: third-party package tips and developer concerns (Was: New version of file-watchers)

2019-09-01 Thread Simon Schlee
> > Try not to make identifiers be simple generic terms, like `watch` > I strongly disagree with this statement. Rackets require possibilities are highly flexible so if you want more specific names use prefix-in and prefix the module name or whatever you like. The way racket does imports is

Re: [racket-users] Re: third-party package tips and developer concerns (Was: New version of file-watchers)

2019-08-31 Thread Sage Gerard
Thanks for the clarification, Neil! Your feedback does help a great deal. I'll also be happy to share updates with a respectful frequency now that I see the other replies. :) ~slg ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Saturday, August 31, 2019 1:04 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Sat, Aug 31,

Re: [racket-users] Re: third-party package tips and developer concerns (Was: New version of file-watchers)

2019-08-31 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sat, Aug 31, 2019 at 02:45:02PM +, Sage Gerard wrote: > I looked back and found my mistake: I only asked about blog posts and videos. > I'll refrain from version update posts here from now on. Whatever you originally asked for, I think this ensuing discussion about third-party packages

Re: [racket-users] Re: third-party package tips and developer concerns (Was: New version of file-watchers)

2019-08-31 Thread Neil Van Dyke
Sage Gerard wrote on 8/31/19 10:38 AM: You probably don't want to be slowing yourself down with offering people previews of new versions, lead times for input, etc. I'm unknown in open source so I think all of us in Racket land are pretty much unknown in open source (outside of

Re: [racket-users] Re: third-party package tips and developer concerns (Was: New version of file-watchers)

2019-08-31 Thread Sage Gerard
I looked back and found my mistake: I only asked about blog posts and videos. I'll refrain from version update posts here from now on. ~slg ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Saturday, August 31, 2019 10:38 AM, Sage Gerard wrote: > Hi Neil, and thanks for the helpful information and