[racket-dev] Final v5.1 build is ready

It looks like the change is going into the release.

On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Stephen Bloch <sbloch at adelphi.edu> wrote:
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> On Feb 14, 2011, at 11:39 AM, Robby Findler wrote:
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>> For the record, I've pushed a fix that helps to deal with the problem
>> Stephen uncovered. We'll probably go debate privately whether or not
>> this is better to include in the release or not.
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> The problem appears to show up if you run a previous version of DrRacket, "Add Teachpack" from the installed-teachpacks directory, then run 5.1 (with the same Preferences file, which remembers the selected teachpack(s)) in which that teachpack doesn't exist.
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> The question is: how common is that scenario?  If you had ANYTHING in the installed-teachpacks directory before upgrading, it's almost certainly not there after upgrading, so the question reduces to "how many users are actively using a teachpack that's in the installed-teachpacks directory?"
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> (My current class of students have been using an explicit "require" rather than "Add Teachpack", so I don't think it'll be an issue for them.  Other users of my book, or of other non-bundled teachpacks, may be doing things differently.)
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> Stephen Bloch
> sbloch at adelphi.edu
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