On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 5:03 PM, John Clements <johnbcleme...@gmail.com> wrote: > It's possible to specify "version exceptions" in the new package catalog > system (i.e., on pkg.racket-lang.org). I want to use one version (old > version) for pre-6.0, and another one for >= 6.0. IIUC, the right way to do > this is to specify a mapping for 'default to my pre-6 branch, and then > explicit mappings for 6.0 and 6.1 to the new version. > > My questions: > > 1) how are version numbers matched? I just tried an experiment, and it looks > like my version exceptions are confined to exact matches; e.g., when I have > a version exception for 6.1, and I do a raco pkg catalog-show for 6.1.0.8, I > get the default one. > 2) This requires me to add an exception for every new version, right?
This sounds right. The versioning system was principally designed for dealing with keeping a small number of old Racket versions back on an old version of the package. Since there are a small number of versions since the package system existed, this seemed cheap. > Finally, I'm still kind of baffled by the pkg.racket-lang.org interface; it > seems that when I make changes to a package and then close and re-open the > floating window, my changes are still there, but that actually hitting > browser reload often causes the changes to be lost. Am I just waiting for a > change to propagate through a back-end database, here? When you make changes to a package's metadata, those changes are saved instantly (as soon as you press enter or de-focus the text input) and both your browser and the back-end server (modulo network errors.) Every time the back-end server receives a change, it updates the S3 cache. This updating process takes about X seconds and then S3 takes about Y seconds. If you reload your browser, you are throwing away your local copy with updated changes and getting the S3 cache. If you reload in under X+Y seconds (or your browser doesn't make the request at all), then you won't see any changes. Jay > Many thanks, > > John > > > ____________________ > Racket Users list: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/users > -- Jay McCarthy http://jeapostrophe.github.io "Wherefore, be not weary in well-doing, for ye are laying the foundation of a great work. And out of small things proceedeth that which is great." - D&C 64:33 ____________________ Racket Users list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/users
