It looks like the change is going into the release.

On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Stephen Bloch <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Feb 14, 2011, at 11:39 AM, Robby Findler wrote:
>
>> For the record, I've pushed a fix that helps to deal with the problem
>> Stephen uncovered. We'll probably go debate privately whether or not
>> this is better to include in the release or not.
>
> The problem appears to show up if you run a previous version of DrRacket, 
> "Add Teachpack" from the installed-teachpacks directory, then run 5.1 (with 
> the same Preferences file, which remembers the selected teachpack(s)) in 
> which that teachpack doesn't exist.
>
> The question is: how common is that scenario?  If you had ANYTHING in the 
> installed-teachpacks directory before upgrading, it's almost certainly not 
> there after upgrading, so the question reduces to "how many users are 
> actively using a teachpack that's in the installed-teachpacks directory?"
>
> (My current class of students have been using an explicit "require" rather 
> than "Add Teachpack", so I don't think it'll be an issue for them.  Other 
> users of my book, or of other non-bundled teachpacks, may be doing things 
> differently.)
>
>
> Stephen Bloch
> [email protected]
>
>

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