On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Robby Findler <ro...@eecs.northwestern.edu> wrote: > I don't know that there is much that can be done besides upping the > memory limit. If planet were better, it would notice that it didn't > finish and not consider the package to be installed, but even in that > case your users would still be in big trouble, no?
Hmmm... having PLaneT notice that the installation failed in the middle would be an improvement that, at the very least, keep students out of the bad, undefined situation. Here's why: on an out-out-memory, DrRacket brings up a dialog that gives the user the option to double the memory ceiling. If re-running the program triggers installation again, then eventually the student will run the program in an environment with a sufficiently high memory ceiling so that the installation completes successfully. _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users
