<div dir="ltr">I just tried clicking thru this too and I think just putting "Package Name" near the top where it says "Name" is a suitable fix.<div><br></div><div>Robby</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"> <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Jay McCarthy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jay.mccarthy@gmail.com" target="_blank">jay.mccarthy@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> After having clicked on a link that says "Contribute a Package", I<br> don't think it is unreasonable to think that a user would know they<br> had to give the information about the package, including fundamental<br> information like its name.<br> <br> If you still disagree, I think it would be easy to submit a patch:<br> <br> <a href="https://github.com/plt/racket/blob/master/collects/meta/pkg-index/official/main.rkt#L606" target="_blank">https://github.com/plt/racket/blob/master/collects/meta/pkg-index/official/main.rkt#L606</a><br> <br> If you'd like, I can make the patch myself, but I think it may be more<br> productive to figure out the deeper reason why it is hard to tell that<br> "Contribute a Package" goes to a package information form and fix<br> that, rather than just changing a text string.<br> <br> Jay<br> <div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br> On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 5:51 PM, Tony Garnock-Jones <<a href="mailto:tonyg@ccs.neu.edu">tonyg@ccs.neu.edu</a>> wrote:<br> > I just tried to register a package with <a href="http://pkg.racket-lang.org" target="_blank">pkg.racket-lang.org</a>. First I<br> > registered an account, by typing in an email address and fresh password.<br> ><br> > The next step was a webpage prompting me for "Name" and some other<br> > fields. I didn't realise it was asking me for the *package* name, and<br> > thought it was looking for *my* name! Fortunately, it rejected the<br> > package name "Tony Garnock-Jones" because it had a hyphen in it.<br> ><br> > It took me until I was ready to post an angry message pointing at<br> > <a href="http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/" target="_blank">http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/</a><br> > to finally realise it wanted me to type the *package* name.<br> ><br> > I think the form should have the field label "Name" replaced with<br> > "Package Name", to make life easier for klutzes like myself :-)<br> ><br> > Regards,<br> > Tony<br> > ____________________<br> > Racket Users list:<br> > <a href="http://lists.racket-lang.org/users" target="_blank">http://lists.racket-lang.org/users</a><br> <br> <br> <br> </div></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">--<br> Jay McCarthy <<a href="mailto:jay@cs.byu.edu">jay@cs.byu.edu</a>><br> Assistant Professor / Brigham Young University<br> <a href="http://faculty.cs.byu.edu/~jay" target="_blank">http://faculty.cs.byu.edu/~jay</a><br> <br> "The glory of God is Intelligence" - D&C 93<br> </font></span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">____________________<br> Racket Users list:<br> <a href="http://lists.racket-lang.org/users" target="_blank">http://lists.racket-lang.org/users</a><br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br></div>