Fantastic! Congratulations! One more question about the new package system:
Is there a roadmap about Planet support, i.e. when will existing Planet packages cease to work? "foreseeable future" is a bit vague. I'm developing very slowly due to lack of spare-time and have a mid-size application with many Planet collections, so it would be good to know if there is a deadline for migrating existing code (not packages) to the new package system. An estimate would also suffice. Best, Erich On Sat, 25 Jan 2014 12:55:58 -0500 Ryan Culpepper <ry...@ccs.neu.edu> wrote: > Racket 5.92 has a new package system, including a catalog of > hundreds of already-available packages. Please visit > > http://pkgs.racket-lang.org/ > > for an overview of the packages. > > Recent releases included the "beta" versions of the package system. > Racket version 5.92 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, available via the > File|Package Manager ... menu item. The GUI is also available > as a stand-alone program via the "gui-pkg-manager" package. > > * The main Racket distribution has been separated into about 200 > packages. The Racket installer combines the core system with > bundled versions of these 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 available. All > packages in the main distribution are available in pre-built form. > > Further improvements are in the works, notably including package > documentation on the package-catalog web site. > > COMPATIBILITY NOTE: PLaneT, the previous Racket package system, 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. > > * The documentation includes a style guide, "How to Program Racket" > http://docs.racket-lang.org/style/ > > * Racket's JIT compiler supports the ARM architecture. > > * Racket supports the Mac's Retina display mode. > > * The performance of the Typed Racket compiler improved by 50% on > some typed programs; e.g., see http://bit.ly/1d0Ye4z > > * 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. > > * The `gen:set' generic interface extends set operations to work on > user-defined types that implement set methods, as well as on other > set-like built-in types, such as lists. > > * Picts support conversion to SVG format. > > * Under unix, Racket provides desktop entries (.desktop files) for > its graphical executables. > ____________________ > Racket Users list: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/users ____________________ Racket Users list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/users
