[racket-dev] Adding the new plot library [was: Re: Plot?]

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 3:33 AM, Eli Barzilay <eli at barzilay.org> wrote:
> Yesterday, Neil Toronto wrote:
>>
>> 1. Obviously, Module 2's path should be 'plot'. Right? And its
>> documentation needs a note that it's deprecated. (I'll do that.)
>
> I don't know if it's that important, maybe poll the users list for
> potential code that uses it?  If it is, then given that it's a
> complete reimplementation, I think that it's fine to go with some
> `plot/compat' or something like that -- it forces users who have code
> to change files, but my guess is that most people used it just to try
> stuff out in quick scripts, and on the other side you have Doug who is
> deep enough into it that he'll most likely need to change code anyway.

I don't think we should do that. And certainly not without a release
or two of warning.

Robby