# Packages that contain \`Manifest.toml\` files

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/packages-that-contain-manifest-toml-files/35534>\
**Category:** Tooling\
**Tags:** package\
**Created:** [March 4, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/packages-that-contain-manifest-toml-files/35534 "2020-03-04T20:05:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![dmbates](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/dmbates/32/44_2.png) [@dmbates](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dmbates)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/packages-that-contain-manifest-toml-files/35534/1 "2020-03-04T20:05:52Z")

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I have noticed that some of the packages I have installed contain `Manifest.toml` files. These include `LLVM`, `FlatBuffers`, and `GPUArrays`. Is this intentional? I thought a `Manifest.toml` file was to be removed from a package repository.

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**Author:** ![dilumaluthge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/dilumaluthge/32/29283_2.png) [@dilumaluthge](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dilumaluthge)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/packages-that-contain-manifest-toml-files/35534/2 "2020-03-04T20:54:21Z")

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Opinions vary.

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**Author:** ![Tamas\_Papp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tamas_papp/32/25949_2.png) [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 9:50am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/packages-that-contain-manifest-toml-files/35534/3 "2020-03-05T09:50:52Z")

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That, but also the tooling evolved. I think that including a `Manifest.toml` was a good idea before compat bounds were widespread. Now registered packages caught up with this.

I mostly follow [this advice](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-manifest-toml-belong-in-the-repository/12029/2), but it would be great if the Pkg manual could discuss this briefly.