[racket-dev] Package system quickstart section?

From: Robby Findler (robby at eecs.northwestern.edu)
Date: Sun May 12 15:31:16 EDT 2013

It looks like the source in the v5.3.4 tag is right:

https://github.com/plt/racket/blob/v5.3.4/collects/pkg/scribblings/pkg.scrbl

Robby


On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 2:25 PM, Jay McCarthy <jay.mccarthy at gmail.com>wrote:

> The search is an error with some sort of out date index. I'm not sure
> how to change what's on that server though...
>
> On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 1:22 PM, Greg Hendershott
> <greghendershott at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Just to confirm what I mean, the live/public
> > http://docs.racket-lang.org/ site right now has links to the
> > non-existent /planet2/* tree.
> >
> > For example if you do a Search Manuals for "raco pkg", which gives this
> page:
> >
> > http://docs.racket-lang.org/search/index.html?q=raco%20pkg
> >
> > Then the first of two results is:
> >
> >     raco pkg  in planet2
> >
> > And both the "raco pkg" and "planet2" links go to /planet2/* and 404.
> > (Plus it sounds like the second, topic link should be labeled
> > something other than "planet2", such as "pkg" or "Package
> > Management".)
> >
> >
> > On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 3:13 PM, Jay McCarthy <jay.mccarthy at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> Yes, the documentation file was renamed before the last release. This
> >> new name is stable.
> >>
> >> On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 1:06 PM, Greg Hendershott
> >> <greghendershott at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> BTW all of http://docs.racket-lang.org/planet2/* is 404 for me. The
> >>> help index is linking to that.
> >>>
> >>> It looks like all that is actually under
> http://docs.racket-lang.org/pkg/* ?
> >>>
> >>> e.g.:
> >>> http://docs.racket-lang.org/planet2/Package_Concepts.html   => 404
> >>> http://docs.racket-lang.org/pkg/Package_Concepts.html        => OK.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 10:38 AM, Jay McCarthy <jay.mccarthy at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>> There currently is a quickstart section designed for developers:
> >>>>
> >>>> http://docs.racket-lang.org/planet2/Developing_Packages.html
> >>>>
> >>>> So, I'm fine with you working on a quickstart from a user perspective,
> >>>> although I worry about being too vague on some of the details in the
> >>>> Concepts section or duplicating the content. At a high-level, go for
> >>>> it, but I'd like to see what you make.
> >>>>
> >>>> Jay
> >>>>
> >>>> On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 6:56 AM, Asumu Takikawa <asumu at ccs.neu.edu>
> wrote:
> >>>>> Hi all,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Would anyone be opposed to adding a "Quickstart" section to the
> Package
> >>>>> System documentation page? The current first section[1] is useful,
> but
> >>>>> it's a pretty dense read for someone who just wants to know how to
> >>>>> install a package.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I'm imagining that the Quickstart would describe where to find
> packages
> >>>>> (pkg.racket-lang.org, github, etc.) and the commands you need to
> type to
> >>>>> install a package from typical sources. Maybe screenshots showing
> how to
> >>>>> use the package GUI.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> [1]: http://docs.racket-lang.org/planet2/Package_Concepts.html
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Cheers,
> >>>>> Asumu
> >>>>> _________________________
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> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Jay McCarthy <jay at cs.byu.edu>
> >>>> Assistant Professor / Brigham Young University
> >>>> http://faculty.cs.byu.edu/~jay
> >>>>
> >>>> "The glory of God is Intelligence" - D&C 93
> >>>> _________________________
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> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jay McCarthy <jay at cs.byu.edu>
> >> Assistant Professor / Brigham Young University
> >> http://faculty.cs.byu.edu/~jay
> >>
> >> "The glory of God is Intelligence" - D&C 93
>
>
>
> --
> Jay McCarthy <jay at cs.byu.edu>
> Assistant Professor / Brigham Young University
> http://faculty.cs.byu.edu/~jay
>
> "The glory of God is Intelligence" - D&C 93
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