# Tooling

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## [New Repo for updated Julia translation of "Introduction to Statistical Learning (2nd ed)" (ISLR2) Labs](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-repo-for-updated-julia-translation-of-introduction-to-statistical-learning-2nd-ed-islr2-labs/135112)

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**Author:** [@compleat](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/compleat)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2026, 10:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-repo-for-updated-julia-translation-of-introduction-to-statistical-learning-2nd-ed-islr2-labs/135112 "2026-01-19T22:10:21Z")

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New Translation of popular statistics course based on “Introduction to Statistical Learning in R”, but Hastie, Tibshirani, et. al. Complete Labs GitHub - compleathorseplayer/ISLR-labs-in-Julia: Julia translations of IS…

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## [CompatHelper PRs failing with force\_latest\_compatible\_version due to Julia version constraints](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/compathelper-prs-failing-with-force-latest-compatible-version-due-to-julia-version-constraints/135079)

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**Author:** [@chriswaudby](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/chriswaudby)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2026, 9:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/compathelper-prs-failing-with-force-latest-compatible-version-due-to-julia-version-constraints/135079 "2026-01-19T21:04:30Z")

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I’m stuck on an issue with CompatHelper PRs failing CI and not sure the best way to fix it. My package has: julia = "1.9" Peaks = "0.5, 0.6" Peaks 0.5 works on Julia 1.9, but Peaks 0.6 requires Julia 1.10+. In my nor…

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## [VSCode repl in WSL terminalserver.jl not found](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-repl-in-wsl-terminalserver-jl-not-found/135047)

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**Author:** [@jdad](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jdad)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2026, 8:03am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-repl-in-wsl-terminalserver-jl-not-found/135047 "2026-01-19T08:03:43Z")

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Since this morning, with update of VSCode Julia extension to 1.173.2, I have an error message when (using VSCode inside WSL) starting REPL in a WSL directory. It says terminalserver.jl not found, with a Windows-style pat…

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## [LanguageServer.jl keeping JSON.jl at very old version](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/languageserver-jl-keeping-json-jl-at-very-old-version/135100)

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**Author:** [@pmcm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pmcm)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2026, 2:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/languageserver-jl-keeping-json-jl-at-very-old-version/135100 "2026-01-17T14:34:50Z")

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I’m posting this under “Package Management” because I’m hoping that there’s some trick of package dependencies I can use to resolve it. (And my apologies if there is an obvious solution to this – I’m relatively new to Ju…

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## [How do set Julia version in VSCode when using juliaup](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-set-julia-version-in-vscode-when-using-juliaup/105619)

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**Author:** [@Torkel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Torkel)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [January 15, 2026, 3:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-set-julia-version-in-vscode-when-using-juliaup/105619 "2026-01-15T15:29:43Z")

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I am using Juliaup to manage my Julai version. It is now using the 1.10 beta by default. However, for one application, I need to quickly run something in 1.9. I almost exclusively use VSCode. Is there a way, when using …

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## [Best practice to use sources on a monorepository](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/best-practice-to-use-sources-on-a-monorepository/135074)

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**Author:** [@termi-official](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/termi-official)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 15, 2026, 12:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/best-practice-to-use-sources-on-a-monorepository/135074 "2026-01-15T12:49:51Z")

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Hi everyone, I am wondering if there is an easy way to source a full monorepository without adding all subdirectories manually to the sources section. The problem from my perspective is essentially that adding all subdi…

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## [IJulia notebook() yields notebook that cannot save/export files](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ijulia-notebook-yields-notebook-that-cannot-save-export-files/135062)

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**Author:** [@JM\_Beckers](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/JM_Beckers)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 15, 2026, 7:50am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ijulia-notebook-yields-notebook-that-cannot-save-export-files/135062 "2026-01-15T07:50:06Z")

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I have a fresh installation on a new windows computer, latest Julia version available via juliaup Julia Version 1.12.4 Commit 01a2eadb04 (2026-01-06 16:56 UTC) Build Info: Official https://julialang.org release Platfo…

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## [Forced to use juliaup: not cool](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/forced-to-use-juliaup-not-cool/134837)

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**Author:** [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [January 11, 2026, 5:52am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/forced-to-use-juliaup-not-cool/134837 "2026-01-11T05:52:44Z")

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The new version of vscode Julia extension does not pick up the julia.exe in the path, but rather insists on using juliaup to install (some version of) it. Not very nice. I mean, I have the whole thing set up with a place…

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## [PlutoUI: DimensionMismatch: incompatible shape in element 4](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plutoui-dimensionmismatch-incompatible-shape-in-element-4/134982)

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**Author:** [@Grass](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Grass)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2026, 3:35pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plutoui-dimensionmismatch-incompatible-shape-in-element-4/134982 "2026-01-10T15:35:22Z")

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With integer entries, everything works fine and dandy. But, when I change one entry to a decimal, all hell breaks loose: Anyone knows how to fix this? Source code: ### A Pluto.jl notebook ### # v0.20.21 using Markd…

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## [New Julia IDE: JuliaJunction](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-julia-ide-juliajunction/134029)

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**Author:** [@elan8](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/elan8)\
**Replies:** 32\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2026, 10:41am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-julia-ide-juliajunction/134029 "2026-01-10T10:41:55Z")

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I have been working on a new Julia IDE for some time. It’s called JuliaJunction. It is build in Rust specifically for Julia development. It uses an embedded installation of Julia and it has embedded plot navigation, var…

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## [Strikethrough in Pluto Markdown block](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/strikethrough-in-pluto-markdown-block/133969)

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**Author:** [@Nathan\_Boyer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Nathan_Boyer)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 11:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/strikethrough-in-pluto-markdown-block/133969 "2026-01-08T23:37:44Z")

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I made a markdown block in Pluto to keep a to do list while I work on it. md""" # TODO: 1. Fix this. 2. Fix that. """ I can’t get strikethrough text to render. md""" # TODO: 1. ~~Fix this.~~ 2. Fix that. """ md""" # …

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## [Automating export of a currently running Pluto notebook to html](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/automating-export-of-a-currently-running-pluto-notebook-to-html/134357)

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**Author:** [@vvbond](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/vvbond)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 5, 2026, 10:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/automating-export-of-a-currently-running-pluto-notebook-to-html/134357 "2026-01-05T10:31:27Z")

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I’m interested in automatic generation of html snapshots of a Pluto notebook I’m currently interacting with. My use case is automatic generation of named html snapshot upon meeting a certain condition, e.g. successful d…

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## [VSCode LS broken?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-ls-broken/134851)

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**Author:** [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2026, 8:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-ls-broken/134851 "2026-01-03T20:40:06Z")

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Is the LS broken? After the recent round of updates I can’t seem to get anything out of the LS in VSCode. If I configure my own julia executable, it seems I have to do it in two places. Executable path and language-ser…

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## [SomePackage/test\> test](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/somepackage-test-test/134839)

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**Author:** [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 2, 2026, 10:26am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/somepackage-test-test/134839 "2026-01-02T10:26:19Z")

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Suppose I am using Julia 1.12, have \[workspace\] projects = \["test"\] in my Project.toml, and currently the test is my active project. Is there a one-linear solution for running the tests from the REPL, equivalent to S…

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## [Viewing Complex Tables/Objects in VS Code](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/viewing-complex-tables-objects-in-vs-code/134812)

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**Author:** [@Alec\_Loudenback](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Alec_Loudenback)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2025, 9:36am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/viewing-complex-tables-objects-in-vs-code/134812 "2025-12-31T09:36:24Z")

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I have a complex table which I can represent nicely using PrettyTables. I would like to be able to view large versions of these tables (like the PrettyTables examples, but hundereds of columns). I can’t use the VS-Code …

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## [Short introduction and request for guidance on contributing to Julia for GSoC 2026](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/short-introduction-and-request-for-guidance-on-contributing-to-julia-for-gsoc-2026/134793)

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**Author:** [@Ansh\_Tarsoliya](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ansh_Tarsoliya)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2025, 12:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/short-introduction-and-request-for-guidance-on-contributing-to-julia-for-gsoc-2026/134793 "2025-12-29T12:51:17Z")

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My name is Ansh Tarsoliya, a Computer Science undergraduate student from India, and I’m preparing to apply for Google Summer of Code 2026 with Julia. I’m interested in contributing to the Julia core repository, particul…

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## [How to use perfect foresight in Dynare Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-use-perfect-foresight-in-dynare-julia/134716)

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**Author:** [@McNelis-CMML](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/McNelis-CMML)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 24, 2025, 6:59am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-use-perfect-foresight-in-dynare-julia/134716 "2025-12-24T06:59:59Z")

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Using Dynare.jl for solving a perfect foresight. The model runs under stochastic simulations, so that the .mod file is correct. I am using Julia 1.12 and latest Dynare version. I post this code: Dynare.perfect\_foresig…

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## [\[ANN\] Shakira Warm Spectrum - Julia VS Code theme](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-shakira-warm-spectrum-julia-vs-code-theme/134710)

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**Author:** [@karei](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/karei)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 23, 2025, 2:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-shakira-warm-spectrum-julia-vs-code-theme/134710 "2025-12-23T14:54:05Z")

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Hi everyone, I’ve just published a small VS Code theme extension that’s tailored for Julia syntax highlighting: Shakira Warm Spectrum Dark Shakira Julia Light Install VS Code Marketplace: search Shakira Warm Spe…

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## [Silly question that's been bugging me about package naming](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/silly-question-thats-been-bugging-me-about-package-naming/134688)

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**Author:** [@DoktorMike](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/DoktorMike)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 22, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/silly-question-thats-been-bugging-me-about-package-naming/134688 "2025-12-22T17:31:00Z")

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So in Package Naming Rules it’s clear that package names should contain .jl suffix. Package names already have a .jl extension, which communicates to users that Package.jl is a Julia package. Yet, the example of usin…

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## [Julia LSP in neovim 0.11](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-lsp-in-neovim-0-11/129048)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 22, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-lsp-in-neovim-0-11/129048 "2025-12-22T19:26:33Z")

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Hello everyone, Neovim 0.11 seems to have introduced some changes in the way lsp is configured, and it seems the julials install from Mason does not work out of the box at the moment (lsp quits returning 1 instead of 0,…

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## [\`app status\` only lists most recently installed](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/app-status-only-lists-most-recently-installed/134672)

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**Author:** [@NonDairyNeutrino](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/NonDairyNeutrino)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 21, 2025, 8:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/app-status-only-lists-most-recently-installed/134672 "2025-12-21T20:32:23Z")

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Not much more than the title actually. I have added both JuliaC and JETLS apps, but only the more recent of the them shows when invoking pkg\> app status. ~ $ julia -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.Apps.status()' \[acedd4c2\] JuliaC v0…

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## [\`BinaryBuilder.jl\` steps after successful (manual) build](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/binarybuilder-jl-steps-after-successful-manual-build/134647)

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**Author:** [@cgeoga](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cgeoga)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 19, 2025, 8:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/binarybuilder-jl-steps-after-successful-manual-build/134647 "2025-12-19T20:37:18Z")

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Hello, I have a piece of code that is in Rust that I want to make a dep of a Julia package. I have produced a build\_tarballs.jl for the library that runs successfully and have checked that the resulting jll library work…

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## [Trying to build julia locally after latest macOS Tahoe update: \`lld: error: malformed sdk version\`](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/trying-to-build-julia-locally-after-latest-macos-tahoe-update-lld-error-malformed-sdk-version/134633)

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**Author:** [@NHDaly](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/NHDaly)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 7:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/trying-to-build-julia-locally-after-latest-macos-tahoe-update-lld-error-malformed-sdk-version/134633 "2025-12-18T19:44:52Z")

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Has anyone else seen an error like this? I think it probably started after updating to the latest macOS. Struggling to build julia from source on my mac. It works fine at first, but fails right at the end of precompili…

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## [Why do I get an error when installing iJulia that Conda is missing? I'll duplicate the question here](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-do-i-get-an-error-when-installing-ijulia-that-conda-is-missing-ill-duplicate-the-question-here/134587)

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**Author:** [@Kobold](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Kobold)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 17, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-do-i-get-an-error-when-installing-ijulia-that-conda-is-missing-ill-duplicate-the-question-here/134587 "2025-12-17T18:34:46Z")

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Below I’ll post a copy of what happens when I try to download IJulia; I can’t attach a screenshot. I can download any package that doesn’t require Conda, but as soon as it requires Conda (as far as I understand, it’s a p…

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## [Is it possible to use the Julia Astro package in VS Code?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-it-possible-to-use-the-julia-astro-package-in-vs-code/134610)

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**Author:** [@Kobold](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Kobold)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 17, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-it-possible-to-use-the-julia-astro-package-in-vs-code/134610 "2025-12-17T15:33:12Z")

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Hello! I want to start learning this package, and based on my experience with Python, all the code doesn’t have graphics to display function graphs or images. Is there a way to do this?

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## [Package breakage due to change in dependency](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-breakage-due-to-change-in-dependency/134575)

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**Author:** [@sparrowhawk](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sparrowhawk)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 16, 2025, 5:14am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-breakage-due-to-change-in-dependency/134575 "2025-12-16T05:14:48Z")

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Hi Julia folks, I have a registered package that used to install PyPlot with a build.jl in a deps/ folder as follows: import Pkg, Conda @info "building!" Conda.pip\_interop(true) Conda.pip("install", "matplotlib==3.7.3"…

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## [PSA: TagBot can’t tag & release commits that touch GitHub workflows](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-tagbot-can-t-tag-release-commits-that-touch-github-workflows/134532)

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**Author:** [@ianshmean](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ianshmean)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-tagbot-can-t-tag-release-commits-that-touch-github-workflows/134532 "2025-12-13T19:37:44Z")

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It turns out that a large source of TagBot’s puzzling intermittent failures may be because GitHub doesn’t like to make it easy to tag and release tags on commits that touch GitHub workflow files, and TagBot can’t do so (…

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## [Using Distributed with a mix of architectures](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-distributed-with-a-mix-of-architectures/134460)

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**Author:** [@grero](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/grero)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2025, 5:01am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-distributed-with-a-mix-of-architectures/134460 "2025-12-11T05:01:10Z")

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I have a mix of Intel and Apple Silicon Macs that I would like combine into a loose “cluster”. It seems that using Distributed from the standard library is the way to go, but after setting up passwordless ssh login and m…

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## [How to distribute a wrapper for a C++ library?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-distribute-a-wrapper-for-a-c-library/130581)

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**Author:** [@Vasily\_Pisarev](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Vasily_Pisarev)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2025, 8:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-distribute-a-wrapper-for-a-c-library/130581 "2025-12-10T20:42:44Z")

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Could anyone share experience on how to distribute a C++ wrapper through package manager? My workflow idea is the following: package is available from a third-party registry wrapped library and C++ shim are packaged i…

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## [Should vscode debugger work in REPL for included functions?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/should-vscode-debugger-work-in-repl-for-included-functions/134379)

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**Author:** [@carpetguy](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/carpetguy)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 10:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/should-vscode-debugger-work-in-repl-for-included-functions/134379 "2025-12-08T22:24:34Z")

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I’m running the vscode REPL and including scripts (via includet or include) which have functions defined. However, if I set breakpoints in the script files (say in myFunc) and do @run myFunc(), the breakpoint is skipped.…

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