I have always regarded the version tagging system as an indicator of package "ready-state", and not only as "progress since the package was concieved/first released". For example, I've registered the Interpolations.jl package in Metadata, but I haven't tagged a version, so if I do Pkg.status() it shows as version `0.0.0-` - to me, that works as an indicator that this package isn't as ready as a package with a version of, say, 1.2.5, or even 0.3.1.
It would probably be quite simple to add a filtering feature for package versions on pkg.julialang.org - nothing too specific, of course, but one could for example choose to include all packages, just packages with a tagged version, or even just packages version 1.0 or later. That would be a simple answer to most of the questions you raise, albeit maybe not as specific as you might want. However, it would have the benefit of curating itself. // T On Monday, December 22, 2014 5:23:43 PM UTC+1, Hans W Borchers wrote: > > There's a list (of such lists) at http://svaksha.github.io/Julia.jl/ . > But you are right: something more complete and more up-to-date would be > nice. > I started an overview of Math packages with usage examples, but stopped > when the Julia 0.4 version came about. > > > On Monday, December 22, 2014 4:59:24 PM UTC+1, lapeyre....@gmail.com > wrote: >> >> Does it make sense to have a list of unregistered packages ? I'd like to >> make my packages visible, for feedback or whatever, and also to see what >> other packages are out there. >> >> Putting a new package that no one has used in the same list as a heavily >> used/developed package doesn't seem right. >> My packages have interfaces that are too big, and need to be >> pruned/altered after people use them. Still, it would be nice >> to be able to install them easily, so maybe a separate metadata repo, or >> a tag 'experimental' would work. (It would not make sense to register them >> in another list and then still call them 'unregistered') I guess Julia >> will have to deal with something like this sooner or later. >> >> github says there are about 2000 Julia repos. Surely not all are meant to >> be packages. I have a Swap.jl repo on github just so I can install it >> easily myself. But I wonder how many of the 2000 are useable packages? >> >> This must have been discussed already somewhere, but I can't find it. >> >>
