[racket-dev] Package system quickstart section?

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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>>
>>
>>
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>> Jay McCarthy <jay at cs.byu.edu>
>> Assistant Professor / Brigham Young University
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>>
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