# Adding standard library packages to manifest file for getting autocompletion is redundant

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**Created:** [January 4, 2024, 6:32am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/adding-standard-library-packages-to-manifest-file-for-getting-autocompletion-is-redundant/108330 "2024-01-04T06:32:04Z")
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### Author: ![mkitti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mkitti/32/12459_2.png) [@mkitti](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkitti)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2024, 7:17am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/adding-standard-library-packages-to-manifest-file-for-getting-autocompletion-is-redundant/108330/2 "2024-01-04T07:17:15Z")

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The way things are headed, you probably should think of the “standard library” of just a set of ordinary packages that happen to be in the Julia depot by default.

> [@PSA: Compat requirements in the General registry are changing](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-compat-requirements-in-the-general-registry-are-changing/104958):
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> TL;DR: Currently standard libraries have an implied version number based of the Julia version. This is changing and will require users to update their Project.toml. Update – November 9th 2023: While rolling this change out we encountered some [unfortunate interactions](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-random-jl-is-fixed-to-version-0-0-0/105957/2). Namely that using Pkg inside the test sandbox would lead to confusing errors like: Resolving package versions... ERROR: LoadError: Unsatisfiable requirements detected for package LinearAlgebra [37e2e46d]: LinearAlgebra [37e2e…

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