Roadmap for a faster time-to-first-plot?

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Thanks for the update, I look forward to future progress. Just to clarify, I’m less worried about “compile time” than the following two things:

  1. using time (the 2nd time, precompile time is not a concern). This effectively limits the “stack depth” of package dependencies, as at some point I’d rather wait a year for Julia v1.7 than 20 seconds every time. PackageCompiler.jl already solves this, though I haven’t figured out how to incorporate it into my workflow when packages change. Having a timeline would let me know whether to invest energy into learning PackageCompiler.jl or to just wait it out.
  2. Type-inference bugs that trigger minute-long compiles or sometimes crashes (see for example this recent issue). This has the effect of pushing tests over the limit on Travis, or hours of trying random changes to work around the bug. Unlike item 1, there is no clear workaround other than to wait, but of course Jeff has limited time.
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