Re: [julia-users] Example of a Package Install Breaking

2014-12-28 Thread Avik Sengupta
On Sunday, 28 December 2014 05:01:22 UTC, Stefan Karpinski wrote: I'm somewhat thrilled that the problem here is the inability to conjure a failing case :) I'm not sure. I've had the feeling that OSX has had the worst experience in installing binary dependencies. One example I had is

Re: [julia-users] Example of a Package Install Breaking

2014-12-28 Thread Tim Holy
On Sunday, December 28, 2014 12:01:10 AM Stefan Karpinski wrote: I'm somewhat thrilled that the problem here is the inability to conjure a failing case :) Deservedly so! --Tim On Dec 27, 2014, at 11:42 PM, Tim Holy tim.h...@gmail.com wrote: Images has a somewhat overwhelming number of

[julia-users] Example of a Package Install Breaking

2014-12-27 Thread Leah Hanson
I'm working on a book chapter about using the Julia package manager. One example I want to include is debugging a broken package install. I'm currently expecting to focus on a problem caused by binary installs, since that seems to be the mostly likely cause of a Pkg.add failing. However, it's

Re: [julia-users] Example of a Package Install Breaking

2014-12-27 Thread Tim Holy
Images has a somewhat overwhelming number of closed issues (and likely, a few still open) regarding problems with ImageMagick. Take your pick :-). --Tim On Sunday, December 28, 2014 03:32:45 AM Leah Hanson wrote: I'm working on a book chapter about using the Julia package manager. One example

Re: [julia-users] Example of a Package Install Breaking

2014-12-27 Thread Stefan Karpinski
I'm somewhat thrilled that the problem here is the inability to conjure a failing case :) On Dec 27, 2014, at 11:42 PM, Tim Holy tim.h...@gmail.com wrote: Images has a somewhat overwhelming number of closed issues (and likely, a few still open) regarding problems with ImageMagick. Take