[racket-dev] [plt] Push #22584: master branch updated

Oh, I know: the deinprogramm library probably depends on the
test-engine tool being present too.

Robby

On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 4:35 PM, Robby Findler
<robby at eecs.northwestern.edu> wrote:
> In the shorter term, is there any reason why the testing library needs
> its own tool, instead of just being linked in with the teaching
> languages? (That is, the teaching languages tool and the testing tool
> can just become a single entry in the tools list.)
>
> Robby
>
> On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Stephen Chang <stchang at ccs.neu.edu> wrote:
>>>> I did run raco setup and I have some tools disabled (in fact,
>>>> everything except htdp, stepper, and lazy racket are disabled). But it
>>>> still shouldnt error, right?
>>>
>>> I guess. One might also say the problem is that you can't disable
>>> certain tools (without disabling others). I'm not sure what the proper
>>> response is here.
>>>
>>> But generally, I'd expect the teaching languages, the stepper, and the
>>> test stuff to have all be in or all be out. It doesn't seem worth the
>>> effort to try to make them work independently. (Altho the maintainers
>>> may disagree with me.)
>>>
>>> Maybe it would be good to add something so tools can register these
>>> dependencies and then drracket can complain if they aren't satisfied?
>>
>> Yeah, I'd expect that if the Tools menu presents a list of items that
>> can be enabled/disabled, you should be able to enable/disable each
>> item independently of the other tools in the menu. Or at the *very*
>> least, you should get a message saying "you need to enable X tool".
>>
>> The thing is, I've never gotten an error with my configuration of
>> enabled/disabled tools until now. Was there a recent change that would
>> trigger this error? I thought it was this stepper change, but after
>> some fiddling, it seems that the htdp tool requires the test-engine as
>> well (ie - if I have htdp enabled and test-engine disabled, I get a
>> similar error).
>>
>