# GroupSlices registration, or alternatives
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/groupslices-registration-or-alternatives/9554
**Category:** General Usage
**Created:** [March 7, 2018, 12:55am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/groupslices-registration-or-alternatives/9554 "2018-03-07T00:55:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@improbable22](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/improbable22)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2018, 12:55am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/groupslices-registration-or-alternatives/9554/1 "2018-03-07T00:55:53Z")
I use `GroupSlices.jl` , but it would be more convenient if the package were registered. Should I just submit a PR to Metadata for this?
Or alternatively, is there another package I should be using? In something I’m writing I use it to get what is to `unique` as `sortperm` is to `sort`.
There’s an open PR to fix minor 0.6 warnings:
[https://github.com/AndyGreenwell/GroupSlices.jl/pull/6](https://github.com/AndyGreenwell/GroupSlices.jl/pull/6)
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### Author:  [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2018, 6:49am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/groupslices-registration-or-alternatives/9554/2 "2018-03-07T06:49:38Z")
I usually open an issue first if I want a package to be registered.
However, the package you mention hasn’t been touched in 10 months, which is borderline abandonware for Julia. The polite thing to do would be asking the author if he intends to maintain it, then if not, fork and take over if you think it is worthwhile.
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### Author:  [@improbable22](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/improbable22)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2018, 4:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/groupslices-registration-or-alternatives/9554/3 "2018-03-07T16:15:50Z")
OK, thanks for the thoughts.
Perhaps I will check how much effort is needed for 0.7 before volunteering…