[racket-dev] updated proposal for moving to packages

On 06/05/2013 08:42 PM, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 8:19 PM, Matthew Flatt <mflatt at cs.utah.edu> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I think we're at the point, though, for you to assess whether this is
>> the right direction. If it looks like a good direction, then the
>> follow-up question is how fast to move.
>>
>> Some possible conclusions:
>>
>>   1. This is the wrong way.
>>
>>   2. This is plausible, but the details are not right or not clear; we
>>      should stick with our current repository structure for at least one
>>      more release and consider switching after that.
>>
>>   3. This will work, and we should switch right away and start sorting
>>      out the details together --- but we should not actually break out
>>      into separate repositories until after a release or so.
>>
>>   4. This will work, we should try to switch right away --- AND we should
>>      split the repository as soon as possible.
>
> I'm mostly in favor of 3, but I'm still unsure about some of the
> details.  I think we won't really converge on these details without
> moving forward [...]

This. Figuring out the details will go 20 times faster when we're all 
forced to work with them. I'm for #3.

Neil ⊥