# Could we make first-class support for packages that are "just files" and not repositories?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/could-we-make-first-class-support-for-packages-that-are-just-files-and-not-repositories/36931>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** packages, package-manager\
**Created:** [April 3, 2020, 12:59am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/could-we-make-first-class-support-for-packages-that-are-just-files-and-not-repositories/36931 "2020-04-03T00:59:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![tuckermcclure](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tuckermcclure/32/1187_2.png) [@tuckermcclure](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tuckermcclure)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 10:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/could-we-make-first-class-support-for-packages-that-are-just-files-and-not-repositories/36931/6 "2020-04-03T22:44:59Z")

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Hi @tkf, I hear you, and that’s exactly what I tried, but it doesn’t really work. See ["Unsatisfiable requirements" when local packages use local packages (fixed in v1.4)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unsatisfiable-requirements-when-local-packages-use-local-packages/36807/).

(It _may_ work in v1.4; I haven’t verified yet.)

I attribute the fact that it doesn’t work to the fact that “local packages” like this are not first class citizens, and `]dev` is meant as a short-term thing, not something you build your program on.

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