# Meta Discussion

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## [Julia computing newsletter incorrectly renders my name](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-computing-newsletter-incorrectly-renders-my-name/23003)

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**Author:** [@cserteGT3](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cserteGT3)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2019, 4:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-computing-newsletter-incorrectly-renders-my-name/23003 "2019-04-10T16:41:09Z")

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I’m not sure if this is the right category, but everytime I get a newsletter, my name is not displayed correctly as it should be written as Tamás. I don’t think that this is gmail’s fault, but don’t have any idea wher…

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## [Showing whole threads instead of a small part of it?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/showing-whole-threads-instead-of-a-small-part-of-it/17783)

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**Author:** [@Juan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Juan)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/showing-whole-threads-instead-of-a-small-part-of-it/17783 "2018-11-21T17:45:34Z")

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When you want to view a long thread here at julia discourse only a small section of the thread is shown at every moment, and that section changes as you scroll down or up the page. Sometimes I use the ctrl+F function on…

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## [Bad link to FAQ](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/bad-link-to-faq/25541)

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**Author:** [@Ross\_Boylan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ross_Boylan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2019, 4:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/bad-link-to-faq/25541 "2019-06-24T16:05:29Z")

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About the General Usage category suggests trying the FAQ. But the link, http://docs.julialang.org/en/stable/manual/faq/ gets me a 404, not found, error.

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## [Why is applying formatting so slow?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-is-applying-formatting-so-slow/25196)

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**Author:** [@Ross\_Boylan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ross_Boylan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2019, 4:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-is-applying-formatting-so-slow/25196 "2019-06-12T16:44:53Z")

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Moments ago (c 9:30am Pacific 6/12) I entered the text of a reply (Dependency Hell - #4 by Ross\_Boylan) and then wanted to add code formatting around various words and phrases. So I highlighted the text and clicked the \<…

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## [PSA: Creating tags](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-creating-tags/25122)

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**Author:** [@vchuravy](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/vchuravy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2019, 5:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-creating-tags/25122 "2019-06-10T17:36:12Z")

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In Why are there so little categories and optional tags? - #6 by vchuravy it is noted that we have only a few tags! The list of tags can be seen here JuliaLang and I just wanted to remind everyone that if they have TL3 …

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## [Appropriate category for announcement of deployment tool](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/appropriate-category-for-announcement-of-deployment-tool/23237)

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**Author:** [@riccardomurri](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/riccardomurri)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2019, 3:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/appropriate-category-for-announcement-of-deployment-tool/23237 "2019-04-17T15:40:07Z")

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Hello! I would like to announce that a tool I develop (ElastiCluster) has acquired the ability to deploy Julia as an add-on. Two questions: are announcements of 3rd-party tools in-topic on this forum? what would be t…

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## [Comparison benchmarks (numerical)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/comparison-benchmarks-numerical/21665)

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**Author:** [@Thierry-Dumont](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Thierry-Dumont)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2019, 11:29am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/comparison-benchmarks-numerical/21665 "2019-03-09T11:29:49Z")

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Benchmarks are often not very interesting for people doing numerics. I have (actually with the help of two colleagues) tried to make simple but (we hope) interesting numerical benchmarks. We focused on coding and testing…

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## [Suggestion: keeping responses appropriate for the (implicit) category](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/suggestion-keeping-responses-appropriate-for-the-implicit-category/21345)

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**Author:** [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2019, 7:21am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/suggestion-keeping-responses-appropriate-for-the-implicit-category/21345 "2019-03-03T07:21:26Z")

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We all like to demo how awesome Julia is, which occasionally results in interesting, but possibly non-idiomatic, non-extensible, or fragile code (relying on internals, etc) that stretches the boundaries of the language. …

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## [Julialang.org website footermenu - Ecosystem Pulse - Last updated 2018-08-04](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julialang-org-website-footermenu-ecosystem-pulse-last-updated-2018-08-04/18285)

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**Author:** [@ImreSamu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ImreSamu)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 14, 2018, 8:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julialang-org-website-footermenu-ecosystem-pulse-last-updated-2018-08-04/18285 "2018-12-14T20:02:05Z")

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Website ( https://julialang.org/ ) general footermenu contains a link to https://pkg.julialang.org/pulse.html And it is “Last updated 2018-08-04” ( Today 2018-12-04! ) imho: If nobody fixes it - it would be better …

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## [Do you get money from Julia?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/do-you-get-money-from-julia/18245)

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**Author:** [@Juan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Juan)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/do-you-get-money-from-julia/18245 "2018-12-04T18:21:01Z")

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Do the people who develop Julia or mantain Julia-discourse or reply complex question get any money for that? I mean, have you been hired by a university or organisation to do it? Or by a private company? Or do you spen…

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## [PSA: Big improvement to my Discourse Experience: Watching First Post](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-big-improvement-to-my-discourse-experience-watching-first-post/18253)

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**Author:** [@ssfrr](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ssfrr)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2018, 3:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-big-improvement-to-my-discourse-experience-watching-first-post/18253 "2018-12-03T15:27:18Z")

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I use Discourse mostly as a mailing list - I read through using my email client. Previously I had enabled “mailing list mode” but that generated a huge quantity of emails, mostly for topics I wasn’t interested in. I coul…

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## [Merge Chinese discourse into this site](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/merge-chinese-discourse-into-this-site/14979)

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**Author:** [@Roger-luo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Roger-luo)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2018, 4:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/merge-chinese-discourse-into-this-site/14979 "2018-09-15T16:11:54Z")

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We currently have a Chinese discourse for Julia with the following reasons: non English speakers can directly enter the discourse without reading any English with discourse.juliacn.com The server is local in mainland …

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## [Documentation site not loading (today)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documentation-site-not-loading-today/13183)

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**Author:** [@ianfiske](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ianfiske)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 11, 2018, 12:10am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documentation-site-not-loading-today/13183 "2018-08-11T00:10:31Z")

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Worked fine yesterday, but today loading https://docs.julialang.org/en/stable/ gives Error 503 Connection refused Connection refused Guru Mediation: Details: cache-msp9223-MSP \[omitted number\] \[omitted number\] Varnis…

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## [Category for migration from other languages](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/category-for-migration-from-other-languages/12131)

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**Author:** [@airpmb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/airpmb)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2018, 2:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/category-for-migration-from-other-languages/12131 "2018-07-22T14:15:07Z")

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Perhaps already discussed–but if so I can’t find it–can we add a category for topics about migration to Julia from other languages like Python and MATLAB, and perhaps subcategories for the different languages being migra…

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## [Is it possible to add the category "Control" to this forum?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-it-possible-to-add-the-category-control-to-this-forum/11830)

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**Author:** [@ufechner7](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ufechner7)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 7:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-it-possible-to-add-the-category-control-to-this-forum/11830 "2018-06-28T19:33:02Z")

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When Julia 1.0 is available more Control engineers will start to use Julia. To attract them it would be nice to add a category and/or optional tag “Control”.

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## [Make dark theme available on discourse](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/make-dark-theme-available-on-discourse/8790)

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**Author:** [@baggepinnen](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/baggepinnen)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2018, 12:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/make-dark-theme-available-on-discourse/8790 "2018-04-26T12:32:07Z")

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It seems like discourse has an option to allow users to select visual theme for discourse If it’s simple to accomplish, could we perhaps have a dark theme enabled for julia discourse? Thanks!

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## [Adding SAS to benchmark comparison](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/adding-sas-to-benchmark-comparison/9234)

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**Author:** [@jacobcvt12](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jacobcvt12)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/adding-sas-to-benchmark-comparison/9234 "2018-02-21T20:23:19Z")

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Many of my coworkers use SAS (gross!) and aren’t familiar with the other languages listed in the benchmark comparison. It would be nice to add SAS to the comparison to persuade corporate users of the benefits of Julia. A…

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## [Allowed failures on Travis v0.6 vs nightly](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/allowed-failures-on-travis-v0-6-vs-nightly/9061)

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**Author:** [@ysimillides](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ysimillides)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2018, 4:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/allowed-failures-on-travis-v0-6-vs-nightly/9061 "2018-02-14T16:22:23Z")

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Regarding package testing, there was a discussion on slack on whether packages builds should be displayed as passing / failing, when the fail is due to the Julia nightly build (and thus issues often slightly unrelated to…

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## [GSoC 2018 Is Julia not participating this year?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/gsoc-2018-is-julia-not-participating-this-year/9057)

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**Author:** [@abcsds](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/abcsds)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2018, 3:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/gsoc-2018-is-julia-not-participating-this-year/9057 "2018-02-14T15:30:46Z")

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This Monday the organizations to participate in the Google Summer of Code were announced. I didn’t find Julia there: Google Summer of Code Is Julia not participating this year? It seems like last year it was fruitful en…

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## [Can't reply to some posts](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-reply-to-some-posts/9000)

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**Author:** [@goerz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/goerz)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2018, 7:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-reply-to-some-posts/9000 "2018-02-11T19:15:44Z")

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I don’t seem to be able to post a reply to e.g. as well as other posts in the Development category. Are you restricting different categories to different category users? Are Development questions only open to core Ju…

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## [New category for new packages](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-category-for-new-packages/8691)

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**Author:** [@yakir12](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/yakir12)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2018, 2:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-category-for-new-packages/8691 "2018-01-30T14:37:37Z")

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I get extra excited when some new package is created and \[ANN\]ounced here. I often search for such topics. It would be cool to have a category for new releases/packages. What do you think?

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## [Is it possible to change my nickname?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-it-possible-to-change-my-nickname/8623)

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**Author:** [@NaOH](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/NaOH)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2018, 7:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-it-possible-to-change-my-nickname/8623 "2018-01-26T19:10:10Z")

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In honor to my dead puppy I’m changing my avatar and nickname in all my social accounts. Since I cannot delete this account to create a new one I would like to request the admins to change my nickname from Ismael-VC to S…

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## [New topic template text](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-topic-template-text/8591)

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**Author:** [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2018, 5:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-topic-template-text/8591 "2018-01-25T17:22:53Z")

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AFAICT the Discourse engine allows templates for new topics that would replace the “Type here…” we currently have. This could be useful, especially for the Usage category, possibly with something like this: If you are…

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## [Request to become a moderator](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/request-to-become-a-moderator/7979)

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**Author:** [@NaOH](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/NaOH)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2017, 8:41am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/request-to-become-a-moderator/7979 "2017-12-27T08:41:47Z")

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Hello everyone, I’d like to help moderate this forum in order to help the current ones with this sometimes mundane but time consuming task, specially as the current moderators are also very busy core developers. Cheers…

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## [Solution checkboxes](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/solution-checkboxes/7678)

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**Author:** [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2017, 5:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/solution-checkboxes/7678 "2017-12-10T17:50:49Z")

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Could we get solution checkboxes in all subcategories, at least for the tag question? I recently asked a question in Domains / Visualization and can’t mark the solution.

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## [Iterative feedback and discussion on the blockquote PSA](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/iterative-feedback-and-discussion-on-the-blockquote-psa/105031)

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**Author:** [@StefanKarpinski](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/StefanKarpinski)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2017, 9:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/iterative-feedback-and-discussion-on-the-blockquote-psa/105031 "2017-12-06T09:31:02Z")

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I want more likes to give to this post :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart:

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## [PSA: how to quote code with backticks](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-how-to-quote-code-with-backticks/7530)

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**Author:** [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-how-to-quote-code-with-backticks/7530 "2017-12-05T13:33:20Z")

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This is a short post on how to use backticks (\` and \`\`\`) to quote code, so it is easy to read. This post can be linked to new users who are confused by this feature. Why By quoting your code, you get a monospaced font (…

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## [Statistics and Meta Discussion categories are offline](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/statistics-and-meta-discussion-categories-are-offline/7471)

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**Author:** [@juliohm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/juliohm)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2017, 2:29am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/statistics-and-meta-discussion-categories-are-offline/7471 "2017-12-04T02:29:43Z")

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Anyone else having issues to access these categories in the forum? They are returning 500 error here.

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## [This topic will close a day after](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/this-topic-will-close-a-day-after/7290)

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**Author:** [@swissr](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/swissr)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2017, 4:49am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/this-topic-will-close-a-day-after/7290 "2017-11-26T04:49:02Z")

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Noticed that at the end of the csv-unicode-conversation there is written: This topic will close a day after the last reply. What is the reason for this? Some kind of protection maybe if threads could become longwinded? …

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## [State of the Eco-System](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/state-of-the-eco-system/7285)

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**Author:** [@TsurHerman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TsurHerman)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2017, 7:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/state-of-the-eco-system/7285 "2017-11-24T19:16:18Z")

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I want to open up a discussion regarding the state of the Eco-System. from over 1000 packages only a subset is actually useful. Some are just plain broken since Julia is still introducing breaking changes. Some are wa…

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