I had hoped that that was going to be the correct url because
doc.racket-lang.org/pkg is the top of the packages docs and the v5.92
packages documentation has a getting-started.html file.
Robby
On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 4:51 PM, Matthias Felleisen matth...@ccs.neu.edu
wrote:
It would be nice if the docs url were functional. -- Matthias
On Jan 11, 2014, at 9:27 PM, Robby Findler wrote:
Below is the latest release notes draft. Comments?
Robby
Racket has a new package system, including a catalog of already available
packages. Please visit
http://pkgs.racket-lang.org/
for an overview.
Recent releases included the beta versions of the package system.
Racket version 6.0 incorporates many improvements suggested by these
preliminary experiences:
* A package is treated as a single collection by default, so it is even
easier to use a Github repository as a package. Get started quickly:
http://docs.racket-lang.org/pkg/getting-started.html
* DrRacket includes a new package manager GUI, which is also available
as a stand-alone program via the gui-pkg-manager package.
* The main Racket distribution has been broken into about 200 packages.
An
installation starts with Minimal Racket and then adds these bundled
packages.
Alternatively, you may now install a Minimal Racket distribution ---
which is about 1/10 the size of the main distribution --- and add only
those packages that you need.
* Package installation supports pre-built packages that include
compiled byte code and rendered documentation, meaning packages can be
installed quickly when built versions are a available. All packages in
the main distribution are available in pre-built form.
Further improvements are in the works, including package documentation on
the package-catalog web site.
COMPATIBILITY NOTE: PLaneT will remain in place for the foreseeable
future,
but we expect all package work to shift to the new system.
Beyond the package system, this release brings a number of other changes:
* Racket's HTML documentation has a new and improved look, thanks to
Matthew Butterick.
* Racket's JIT compiler supports the ARM architecture.
* Racket supports the Mac's Retina display mode.
* The profiler provides a new mode that uses the errortrace library to
produce fine-grained profiles.
* A new contract profiler reports how much time programs spend checking
contracts, and which contracts are most expensive.
* The math/flonum library exports fast 105-bit precision operations.
* Check Syntax handles generated identifiers, especially those
introduced by struct (e.g. field selectors) and Redex (e.g., e_1, e_2)
* 2htdp/batch-io includes functions for dealing with html/xml in files
and
web sites as X-expressions plus conveniences for web-based graph
traversals.
_
Racket Developers list:
http://lists.racket-lang.org/dev
_
Racket Developers list:
http://lists.racket-lang.org/dev
