[ANN] Jumbo - a scientific Julia distribution

Thank you, everyone, for voting! Given the strong preference for Jumbo, I have decided to go with that name. I’ve made an updated release that also includes CSV and JuMP packages. The release assets will be uploaded over the next 2 hours as GitHub CI completes the builds.

I’ll update the title and announcement with the new name and links once the builds finish.

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Thank you Janis, this sounds absolutely perfect for me. I am using Julia in my university lectures and we have big problems with installation on the university machines: the university effectively deletes the user directory on log out. So all julia packages get deleted, so on new log in, you’re hit with a 30-minutes delay to reinstall everything…

Sounds like a custom Jumbo (which I would have hoped would have been renamed to Jukebox instead, it fits better) is the perfect solution. I will write here, or anywhere else you prefer, the outcome of my attempt to use Jumbo to solve the problem.

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@Janis_Erdmanis Please be aware of Julia’s precompilation targets.

Cross references:

I already take thoose into account - AppBundler.jl/src/Utils/Stage.jl at f5aec5b1e61cb731954dd3fa1a000d3232dc6afa · PeaceFounder/AppBundler.jl · GitHub Have you had precompilation cache invalidation?

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I overlooked AppBundler.jl. Just looked at Jumbo.


Have you had precompilation cache invalidation?

I do not use Jumbo.