On 11/2/2020 1:08 PM, infodeveloperdon wrote:
All of my programming code is in a single collection: ~/.plt-scheme/4.2.1/collects/
even when I have installed newer versions of Racket.
   :
I appreciate any comments or advice regarding collections in general, or my use of the single collection directory: ~/.plt-scheme/4.2.1/collects/

You should not be doing active development in the collection directories ... they are meant for *stable* libraries and packages that you want to be always available in Racket.


Just as a general rule, you ought not to be working under any directory whose name starts with a period.

It is a Unix convention that a file or directory whose name starts with a period is private space belonging to some application (which in Unix / Linux includes the shell itself).   The convention also holds that these objects should not be shown normally in file listings.  However, if you specify the "-a" option to "ls"  (or have a shell alias that does so), you will see these "hidden" files and directories in your listings.  ["-a" means "all"]


You should set up another directory hierarchy for everyday work.  If / When something is stable and you want it to be available in Racket all the time, only then should you install it into the collection.

George

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