# SpecialFunctions has no versions that support Julia 0.4

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/specialfunctions-has-no-versions-that-support-julia-0-4/5408>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** package\
**Created:** [August 16, 2017, 10:33am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/specialfunctions-has-no-versions-that-support-julia-0-4/5408 "2017-08-16T10:33:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![denizyuret](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/denizyuret/32/568_2.png) [@denizyuret](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/denizyuret)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 10:33am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/specialfunctions-has-no-versions-that-support-julia-0-4/5408/1 "2017-08-16T10:33:59Z")

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How do we deal with packages like SpecialFunctions that are only available / needed for certain versions of Julia in the REQUIRE file of another package which support ?

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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:** [August 16, 2017, 11:58am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/specialfunctions-has-no-versions-that-support-julia-0-4/5408/2 "2017-08-16T11:58:51Z")

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Pragmatic (and reasonable) would be to drop 0.4 support. I think it may also be possible to have two git-branches, one which is for 0.4, but others have to comment on this.