# REQUIRE file still needed?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/require-file-still-needed/28157>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [August 29, 2019, 9:05am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/require-file-still-needed/28157 "2019-08-29T09:05:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![janlisse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ba0ec/32.png) [@janlisse](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/janlisse)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 9:05am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/require-file-still-needed/28157/1 "2019-08-29T09:05:46Z")

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Hi,  
since [https://github.com/JuliaLang/Pkg.jl/issues/849](https://github.com/JuliaLang/Pkg.jl/issues/849) is closed now, is a REQUIRE file still needed when i want to publish my package to the Julia registry? If it is obsolete by now can I safely remove it for an already published package? Using latest Julia 1.2.

Best regards,  
Jan

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**Author:** ![fredrikekre](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/fredrikekre/32/1688_2.png) [@fredrikekre](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/fredrikekre)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 9:06am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/require-file-still-needed/28157/2 "2019-08-29T09:06:36Z")

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Yes, and yes.

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**Author:** ![janlisse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ba0ec/32.png) [@janlisse](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/janlisse)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 9:07am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/require-file-still-needed/28157/3 "2019-08-29T09:07:40Z")

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Awesome, thanks!

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**Author:** ![kevbonham](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kevbonham/32/216165_2.png) [@kevbonham](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kevbonham)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 10:26am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/require-file-still-needed/28157/4 "2019-08-29T10:26:30Z")

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The one exception is (I think) if you want to continue to support Julia versions \<=0.6, but I’m guessing that applies to very few packages.