# State of the Eco-System

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/state-of-the-eco-system/7285>\
**Category:** Meta Discussion\
**Created:** [November 24, 2017, 11:43am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/state-of-the-eco-system/7285 "2017-11-24T11:43:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 24, 2017, 11:58am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/state-of-the-eco-system/7285/2 "2017-11-24T11:58:48Z")

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> [@Obsolete packages?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/obsolete-packages/607):
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> Looking through [pkg.julialang.org](http://pkg.julialang.org) I noticed quite a few packages that look to be obsolete (n years since being updated, all tests failing). I had a go at “adopting” one recently, and made a PR, but I suspect that the author has moved on to other things. Is there likely to be a clear out of obsolete packages some day? Perhaps some kind of “JuliaMorgue” org could be created where dead packages could be moved and preserved for posterity?

> [@Lost in transition: the current state of the Julia ecosystem?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/lost-in-transition-the-current-state-of-the-julia-ecosystem/5515/10):
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> Similarly, Gumbo itself is at v0.3.0 on Julia v0.6, despite the fact that [pkg.julialang.org](http://pkg.julialang.org) lists Julia v0.5: 0.3.0 (7 months ago) / Tests pass. Julia v0.6: 0.4.0 (a month ago) / Tests pass. How can this be possible on a brand new Julia v0.6 install? julia\> versioninfo() Julia Version 0.6.0 Commit 903644385b (2017-06-19 13:05 UTC) Platform Info: OS: macOS (x86\_64-apple-darwin13.4.0) CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6820HQ CPU @ 2.70GHz WORD\_SIZE: 64 BLAS: libopenblas (USE64BITINT DYNAMIC\_…

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