# Package Naming Guidelines (EDIT: are not) missing from manual

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-naming-guidelines-edit-are-not-missing-from-manual/32920>\
**Category:** Community\
**Tags:** documentation, pkg\
**Created:** [January 3, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-naming-guidelines-edit-are-not-missing-from-manual/32920 "2020-01-03T13:39:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![non-Jedi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/non-jedi/32/3645_2.png) [@non-Jedi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/non-Jedi)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-naming-guidelines-edit-are-not-missing-from-manual/32920/1 "2020-01-03T13:39:24Z")

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There used to be very good guidelines available for naming packages at [https://docs.julialang.org/en/stable/manual/packages/#Guidelines-for-naming-a-package-1](https://docs.julialang.org/en/stable/manual/packages/#Guidelines-for-naming-a-package-1) (link now defunct), but I can’t find them in the current manual. I’m guessing they got lost in the shuffle of the transition to Pkg3. I checked the Pkg.jl manual as well and couldn’t find them there either.

Are those guidelines now located somewhere in the docs that search just isn’t finding? Should I open a PR to reinstate them? Or did the community decide that the guidelines were not helpful?

Looking at the docs, I think there should be an additional small section included on using and creating packages so that they keep their value as an intro to the language. Could even just be a section in the navbar that gives a page with nothing but a link to the Pkg documentation if those are considered complete enough.

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**Author:** ![non-Jedi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/non-jedi/32/3645_2.png) [@non-Jedi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/non-Jedi)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 1:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-naming-guidelines-edit-are-not-missing-from-manual/32920/2 "2020-01-03T13:47:54Z")

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Nevermind I found it. Sorry for the noise.

[https://julialang.github.io/Pkg.jl/v1/creating-packages/#Package-naming-guidelines-1](https://julialang.github.io/Pkg.jl/v1/creating-packages/#Package-naming-guidelines-1)

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**Author:** ![John\_Gibson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/john_gibson/32/5321_2.png) [@John\_Gibson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/John_Gibson)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-naming-guidelines-edit-are-not-missing-from-manual/32920/3 "2020-01-03T13:50:33Z")

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Wow, that’s great guidance. I appreciate you bringing attention to it.