I've been working with Jay on a few more changes: Specifying metadata -------------------
"METADATA.rktd" is being replaced with "info.rkt", which is written in the `setup/infotab' language as usual. Define `deps' for dependencies, like this: #lang setup/infotab (define deps (list _package-source ...)) For a short transition period (maybe a week?), `raco pkg' will continue to recognize "METADATA.rktd". Version-specific installation ----------------------------- Package installation is now both user-specific and version-specific by default. The options are * installation-specific * user-specific and version-specific (the new default) * user-specific and all-version (the old default) Use the `--shared' or `-s' flag to get the old all-version behavior. Any previously installed user-specific packages that you have are still in `--shared' mode. Not to speak too much on Jay's behalf, but I think he isn't convinced that the new default is right. If `--shared' is the default, then a `raco pkg update' could be enough to get all your installed packages working with a new version. If installation is instead version-specific, then you have to reinstall every package that you use whenever you upgrade. I think that if installation is all-version by default, then users who are going to end up with bad configurations that they have trouble repairing. A better way to deal with upgrades would be something like `raco pkg migrate'. If we decide that version-specific is the right default to keep, and if some would still like a more convenient way to manage all-version packages, we could add an environment variable that makes `--shared' the default. Setup after installation ------------------------ Previously, `raco pkg install' would run the equivalent of `raco setup' with no arguments after installing packages. Now, `raco pkg install' runs the equivalent of `raco setup <collection> ...', where the <collection>s are all the ones represented installed packages, plus "scribblings/main/user" and/or "scribblings/main". To control the set of <collection>s added to `raco setup' for a package, define `setup-collects' in the package's "info.rkt". Use 'all to get the old behavior (i.e., global setup) back. _________________________ Racket Developers list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/dev