# Package development and topics on Github

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-development-and-topics-on-github/1837>\
**Category:** Community\
**Tags:** package, proposal\
**Created:** [February 2, 2017, 9:46am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-development-and-topics-on-github/1837 "2017-02-02T09:46:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![FemtoTrader](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/femtotrader/32/309_2.png) [@FemtoTrader](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/FemtoTrader)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 9:46am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-development-and-topics-on-github/1837/1 "2017-02-02T09:46:16Z")

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Hello,

I noticed recently that Github have a feature for repositories named “topics”  
[https://github.com/blog/2309-introducing-topics](https://github.com/blog/2309-introducing-topics)  
[https://help.github.com/articles/about-topics/](https://help.github.com/articles/about-topics/)

Maybe Julia package developers should be induced to use some topics.

Kind regards

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**Author:** ![mauro3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mauro3/32/292_2.png) [@mauro3](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mauro3)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 10:35am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-development-and-topics-on-github/1837/2 "2017-02-02T10:35:41Z")

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Maybe this is a good way to group packages without them joining a github organization (which some package authors maybe hesitant).

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**Author:** ![FemtoTrader](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/femtotrader/32/309_2.png) [@FemtoTrader](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/FemtoTrader)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 7:22am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-development-and-topics-on-github/1837/3 "2017-02-03T07:22:44Z")

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Currently the following topics starting with “julia” exist

julia  
julia-language  
julia-scripts  
julia-wrapper  
julia-library  
julia-fractal  
julia-logo  
julia-client

Maybe every Julia package should use julia-library topic  
or julia-language.

What is your opinion?

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**Author:** ![bicycle1885](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/bicycle1885/32/107_2.png) [@bicycle1885](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bicycle1885)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 7:39am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-development-and-topics-on-github/1837/4 "2017-02-03T07:39:55Z")

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I think “julia” tag is enough for Julia packages.