# Package Management

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## [Precompile Package Error: " IOError: could not spawn setenv"](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/precompile-package-error-ioerror-could-not-spawn-setenv/101743)

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**Author:** [@AidanRS](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/AidanRS)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/precompile-package-error-ioerror-could-not-spawn-setenv/101743 "2023-08-14T14:00:47Z")

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I have been using Julia for about 6 months now very heavily on two devices a Mac and Linux (Pop!\_OS 22.04) and suddenly one day the package manager with Julia on my Linux machine broke. All the packages that I had been u…

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## [ClimatePlots installation](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/climateplots-installation/101609)

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**Author:** [@aasdelat](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/aasdelat)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2023, 9:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/climateplots-installation/101609 "2023-08-02T21:27:05Z")

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I am not able to install the ClimatePlots package, due to a problem with the conda manager, that seems to not properly install matplotlib. I have completely uninstalled julia (executable and configuration-packages direc…

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## [Package Manager, Gitlab newer version not liking SSH keys](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-manager-gitlab-newer-version-not-liking-ssh-keys/102375)

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**Author:** [@Allan\_Baker](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Allan_Baker)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2023, 10:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-manager-gitlab-newer-version-not-liking-ssh-keys/102375 "2023-08-01T22:29:34Z")

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A funny thing happened the other day. We have an internal gitlab server. I have a registry setup. The registry was working fine. On the IT side they did something to gitlab when they were adding required expirations …

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## [Distributing scripts with self-managed dependencies](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/distributing-scripts-with-self-managed-dependencies/102317)

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**Author:** [@bensetterholm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bensetterholm)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/distributing-scripts-with-self-managed-dependencies/102317 "2023-08-01T21:01:47Z")

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I am looking for a best practice solution to the following situation. I am developing a data processing pipeline for my team. All of the core functionality I have wrapped up in a standard julia module (file I/O with our…

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## [Skip SSL Verification in Pkg.add(url="...")](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/skip-ssl-verification-in-pkg-add-url/102028)

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**Author:** [@sob](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sob)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2023, 4:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/skip-ssl-verification-in-pkg-add-url/102028 "2023-07-24T16:49:23Z")

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How can I skip SSL Verification when calling the add function? I’m testing deployment of packages and have a self signed certificate for now. Nothing in the doc, and couldn’t find a way looking at the code in Pkg\\src\\API…

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## [Having trouble to release a new version of a package that depends on PyPlot](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/having-trouble-to-release-a-new-version-of-a-package-that-depends-on-pyplot/101918)

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**Author:** [@hunKing](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/hunKing)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2023, 12:17am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/having-trouble-to-release-a-new-version-of-a-package-that-depends-on-pyplot/101918 "2023-07-23T00:17:50Z")

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Hello folks, I am trying to release a new version of a registered package that depends on PyPlot, namely SeisPlot.jl. During the CI job that tries to automerge the new release they check if the packaged can be added. Fr…

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## [Registrator.jl sudden conda dependency error on GitHub](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/registrator-jl-sudden-conda-dependency-error-on-github/101763)

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**Author:** [@sparrowhawk](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sparrowhawk)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/registrator-jl-sudden-conda-dependency-error-on-github/101763 "2023-07-22T15:23:51Z")

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Hi all, I have been releasing new versions of my package using Registrator.jl without any trouble until May 24th of this year. On my latest release, saying @JuliaRegistrator register as a comment to the last GitHub co…

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## [Non-hyperlink in method docstring (Documentor.jl issue?)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/non-hyperlink-in-method-docstring-documentor-jl-issue/101803)

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**Author:** [@bensetterholm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bensetterholm)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 19, 2023, 8:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/non-hyperlink-in-method-docstring-documentor-jl-issue/101803 "2023-07-19T20:52:16Z")

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I have a particular case where I would like to include some text in square brackets followed by a parenthetical statement within a custom type’s docstring. Something along the lines of: """ foo # Fields: - \`bar\`: e…

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## [Best practice for creating and managing dependancies of folders that are not needed by the package itself](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/best-practice-for-creating-and-managing-dependancies-of-folders-that-are-not-needed-by-the-package-itself/101559)

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**Author:** [@alex-s-gardner](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/alex-s-gardner)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2023, 5:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/best-practice-for-creating-and-managing-dependancies-of-folders-that-are-not-needed-by-the-package-itself/101559 "2023-07-13T17:51:47Z")

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Say I have a package “MyPkg.jl” with the following structure: MyPkg.jl/Manifest.toml MyPkg.jl/Project.toml MyPkg.jl/src/MyPkg.jl MyPkg.jl/benchmark/benchmark.jl where benchmark.jl is a script that produces benchmark st…

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## [Is MonteCarloProblem() still working at present?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-montecarloproblem-still-working-at-present/101292)

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**Author:** [@maurice\_lin](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/maurice_lin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 7, 2023, 10:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-montecarloproblem-still-working-at-present/101292 "2023-07-07T10:31:26Z")

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From mathematical optimization - Parameter estimation of multiple datasets in julia DifferentialEquations - Stack Overflow, I tried the example in Julia. But Julia told me that MonteCarlo function have not been defined. …

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## [Timeout for in.pkg.julialang.org](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/timeout-for-in-pkg-julialang-org/101199)

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**Author:** [@msravi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/msravi)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 5, 2023, 7:58am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/timeout-for-in-pkg-julialang-org/101199 "2023-07-05T07:58:08Z")

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Hi, I just did a fresh compile of the v1.9.1 tag of julia, and attempted to add the PyCall package. I get the following warnings: (@v1.9) pkg\> add PyCall Installing known registries into \`~/.julia\` ┌ Warning: could n…

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## [Failing precompilation for DecisionTree](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/failing-precompilation-for-decisiontree/100822)

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**Author:** [@alexdmeyer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/alexdmeyer)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2023, 2:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/failing-precompilation-for-decisiontree/100822 "2023-06-26T14:03:03Z")

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Hey Julia community, For the past few months, the command using DecisionTree (as well as using MLJDecisionTreeInterface) has been met with the error message below on my machine. These packages previously worked fine for…

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## [Gitea package registry?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/gitea-package-registry/100827)

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**Author:** [@tecosaur](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tecosaur)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2023, 8:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/gitea-package-registry/100827 "2023-06-26T08:47:26Z")

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LocalRegistry.jl is nice, but I’m wondering if the effort required to maintain a local registry could be reduced even further by using Gitea’s Package Registry. You can see the currently supported registries (npm, PyPi,…

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## [Do I need to re-dowload packages when I downgrade Julia?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/do-i-need-to-re-dowload-packages-when-i-downgrade-julia/100356)

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**Author:** [@bertulli](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bertulli)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2023, 10:35pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/do-i-need-to-re-dowload-packages-when-i-downgrade-julia/100356 "2023-06-14T22:35:43Z")

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Hi all! I am having some troubles using PackageCompiler recently (whereas it worked fine with Julia 1.8 ~6 months ago), so I thought I needed to downgrade my Julia installation. I tried juliaup and worked fine, installi…

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## [Please more bureaucracy on package registrations!](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/please-more-bureaucracy-on-package-registrations/100018)

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**Author:** [@Eben60](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Eben60)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2023, 11:24am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/please-more-bureaucracy-on-package-registrations/100018 "2023-06-11T11:24:56Z")

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BTW, is there a smiley for tongue-in-cheek? Inspired by the The present and the future of package registration thread, especially by the response by @Tamas\_Papp to my comment and by the reference to this PR Check that …

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## [The present and the future of package registration](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-present-and-the-future-of-package-registration/99890)

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**Author:** [@essenciary](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/essenciary)\
**Replies:** 80\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2023, 11:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-present-and-the-future-of-package-registration/99890 "2023-06-11T11:18:12Z")

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This has been on my mind for some time, but now that my package registration PR has been closed, I finally decided to take a few minutes to share. TLDR; Due to the fact that Julia packages are registered at “top level”…

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## [How Beacon Packages Julia Code (In A Monorepo)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-beacon-packages-julia-code-in-a-monorepo/90822)

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**Author:** [@jrevels](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jrevels)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2023, 4:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-beacon-packages-julia-code-in-a-monorepo/90822 "2023-06-02T16:19:13Z")

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:wave: @erichanson recently linked this discussion in Beacon’s Slack, and we were discussing how interesting it is to get a window into other orgs’ approach to this sort of thing. It made us realize that it might be use…

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## [Package registrator](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-registrator/98941)

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**Author:** [@Andrea\_Pagnani](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Andrea_Pagnani)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 29, 2023, 6:03am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-registrator/98941 "2023-05-29T06:03:45Z")

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Dearests, I am in the process of registering this package using the web interface of Registrator.jl. I set up the name of the repo and asked to register the v1.0.1 of the package. Everything was going smoothly until I…

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## [Programmatically use dependency from alternate registry](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/programmatically-use-dependency-from-alternate-registry/99066)

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**Author:** [@cpaniaguam](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cpaniaguam)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/programmatically-use-dependency-from-alternate-registry/99066 "2023-05-18T14:36:47Z")

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I am writing a package MyPkg that has some dependencies from a third party registry. If I try to naively install MyPkg I get hit with an error of the following sort: (@v1.9) pkg\> add https://github.com/myusername/MyPkg.…

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## [How to configure an artifact to use a header during package download?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-configure-an-artifact-to-use-a-header-during-package-download/96057)

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**Author:** [@BambOoxX](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/BambOoxX)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2023, 11:49am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-configure-an-artifact-to-use-a-header-during-package-download/96057 "2023-05-15T11:49:40Z")

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While trying to configure an artifact for a package stored on a private GitLab instance, I tested the requests using a private token to retrieve the file, which worked fine with Downloads.download by passing a headers=Di…

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## [Can a package be registered that is not on v0.01, v0.1 or v1?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-a-package-be-registered-that-is-not-on-v0-01-v0-1-or-v1/98722)

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**Author:** [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 12, 2023, 9:41am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-a-package-be-registered-that-is-not-on-v0-01-v0-1-or-v1/98722 "2023-05-12T09:41:45Z")

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Can I develop a package without register it and only when it is on a certain version, let’s say v0.5, register it ?

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## [MWE of a segmentation fault when trying to use a dev local package that contains a function that calls a Python function/structure](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/mwe-of-a-segmentation-fault-when-trying-to-use-a-dev-local-package-that-contains-a-function-that-calls-a-python-function-structure/98575)

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**Author:** [@martinmestre](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/martinmestre)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/mwe-of-a-segmentation-fault-when-trying-to-use-a-dev-local-package-that-contains-a-function-that-calls-a-python-function-structure/98575 "2023-05-10T21:16:22Z")

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Hello, For coherence I leave the original formulation in this cell but I have made a MWE in the second cell below. Thanks I am building a package that has some dependencies including PythonCall. The module is like this…

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## [Problem with CI of documentation](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-with-ci-of-documentation/98480)

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**Author:** [@vladdez](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/vladdez)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-with-ci-of-documentation/98480 "2023-05-08T15:26:12Z")

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Hi! I am trying to deploy my own library, but I have a problem with GitHub Actions: CI.yaml and docs.yaml do not work. And … it’s even hard to explain what is the problem. Here are some screenshots: error in build and…

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## [\`StatsBase\` restricted from upgrading due to compatability constraints](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/statsbase-restricted-from-upgrading-due-to-compatability-constraints/98211)

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**Author:** [@Debartha\_Paul](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Debartha_Paul)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 4, 2023, 6:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/statsbase-restricted-from-upgrading-due-to-compatability-constraints/98211 "2023-05-04T18:46:03Z")

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I noticed that StatsBase received a version bump to 0.34.0 from 0.33.21 (was earlier from 0.33.22). I tried to update all of my packages to the latest release, but StatsBase didn’t get updated. Here’s my \]st after updati…

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## [Documenter.jl not updating link to stable releases](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documenter-jl-not-updating-link-to-stable-releases/97729)

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**Author:** [@tlnagy](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tlnagy)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2023, 10:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documenter-jl-not-updating-link-to-stable-releases/97729 "2023-04-25T22:02:39Z")

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Not sure what I’m doing wrong but the links for the “stable” release of Crispulator.jl keeps pointing to an old version. The dev version is properly updated, but the stable link is still the old one. Here’s my TagBot.ym…

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## [Installing ReinforcementLearning.jl downgrades Flux.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/installing-reinforcementlearning-jl-downgrades-flux-jl/97880)

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**Author:** [@karim](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/karim)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/installing-reinforcementlearning-jl-downgrades-flux-jl/97880 "2023-04-25T21:53:55Z")

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HI, I’m trying to install both Flux.jl and ReinforcementLearning.jl, but I noticed that when I first install Flux.jl I get v0.13.15 but once I add ReinforcementLearning.jl (v0.10.2) Flux.jl gets downgraded to v0.13.4. I…

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## [New error with CompatHelper](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-error-with-compathelper/97757)

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**Author:** [@martinmestre](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/martinmestre)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2023, 8:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-error-with-compathelper/97757 "2023-04-24T20:28:30Z")

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The log info of CompatHelper is here. It says that github can’t find my repository, but the referenced link is actually working.

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## [Encouraging 1.x versions for registered packages?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/encouraging-1-x-versions-for-registered-packages/97171)

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**Author:** [@Alec\_Loudenback](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Alec_Loudenback)\
**Replies:** 74\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2023, 10:35pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/encouraging-1-x-versions-for-registered-packages/97171 "2023-04-23T22:35:47Z")

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I’ve become a fan of pretty early on in a package’s development going to v1.X.X so that you have more flexibility in SemVer. This gives you a little bit more flexibility for how it impacts dependencies from the get-go.

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## [Dry run of adding a package](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/dry-run-of-adding-a-package/97783)

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**Author:** [@zdenek\_hurak](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/zdenek_hurak)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2023, 1:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/dry-run-of-adding-a-package/97783 "2023-04-22T13:34:54Z")

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It happens occassinally to me that after adding a registerered package to a given already populated environment, I observe downgrade of several already installed packages. Depending on how much I need or want the new pac…

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## [Which is the error given by CompatHelper in GitHub and how to solve it?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/which-is-the-error-given-by-compathelper-in-github-and-how-to-solve-it/97739)

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**Author:** [@martinmestre](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/martinmestre)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2023, 1:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/which-is-the-error-given-by-compathelper-in-github-and-how-to-solve-it/97739 "2023-04-21T13:55:16Z")

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Hello, this is my first time with the great PkgTemplates package and interacting with GitHub repository. Apart from the title questions I would like to know how does CompatHelper work? Does it install all the packages i…

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