# \#general-registry

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/tag/general-registry/474.md

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## [Add registry from git-tree-sha1 for deterministic Docker builds](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/add-registry-from-git-tree-sha1-for-deterministic-docker-builds/134512)

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**Author:** [@hhaensel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/hhaensel)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2025, 11:37am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/add-registry-from-git-tree-sha1-for-deterministic-docker-builds/134512 "2025-12-12T11:37:04Z")

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These days we read a lot about malicious code being introduced to Github. I am running many julia projects in docker containers, where I want to make sure that the build is done with the same package versions as on my d…

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## [How to use LocalRegistry in my package registered in GeneralRegistry](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-use-localregistry-in-my-package-registered-in-generalregistry/133494)

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**Author:** [@AdamWysokinski](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/AdamWysokinski)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2025, 6:52am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-use-localregistry-in-my-package-registered-in-generalregistry/133494 "2025-10-29T06:52:16Z")

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Hi, I’ve created a LocalRegistry (LR) and added two packages to it (AdamWysokinski/NeuroAnalyzer\_registry: Packages required for NeuroAnalyzer - Codeberg.org). One package is not in the GeneralRegistry (GR) and another …

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## [Chess.jl could use some love](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/chess-jl-could-use-some-love/130782)

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**Author:** [@gwr](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gwr)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 11:55am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/chess-jl-could-use-some-love/130782 "2025-10-24T11:55:44Z")

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Hi all, It looks like Chess.jl by @Tord has had no activity since April 2024 and its v0.7.6 never got registered. As a result, users still pull the deprecated Formatting.jl dependency via Chess.jl@0.7.5. I have opened…

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## [Should General have a guideline or rule preventing registration of vibe-coded packages?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/should-general-have-a-guideline-or-rule-preventing-registration-of-vibe-coded-packages/133205)

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**Author:** [@ericphanson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ericphanson)\
**Replies:** 82\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2025, 5:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/should-general-have-a-guideline-or-rule-preventing-registration-of-vibe-coded-packages/133205 "2025-10-21T17:57:11Z")

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Note: here vibe-coding means “building software with an LLM without reviewing the code it writes”. Background: General is moderately but not totally permissive Package registries across programming language communities …

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## [Tags system for General registry ("Quality badges")](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tags-system-for-general-registry-quality-badges/133283)

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**Author:** [@Eben60](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Eben60)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2025, 12:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tags-system-for-general-registry-quality-badges/133283 "2025-10-20T12:33:50Z")

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This is a continuation of Should General have a guideline or rule preventing registration of vibe-coded packages? , as suggested there in the post #68 by ericphanson. There appears to be consensus that the registration …

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## [Policy to replace registered packages by major version updates](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/policy-to-replace-registered-packages-by-major-version-updates/133289)

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**Author:** [@heliosdrm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/heliosdrm)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2025, 9:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/policy-to-replace-registered-packages-by-major-version-updates/133289 "2025-10-19T21:50:35Z")

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The recent discussion on Should General have a guideline or rule preventing registration of vibe-coded packages? raised again the problem of the General registry being polluted with “trash packages”, which is a problem b…

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## [Changing the name of package during the registration waiting period?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/changing-the-name-of-package-during-the-registration-waiting-period/132660)

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**Author:** [@myersm0](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/myersm0)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2025, 7:01pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/changing-the-name-of-package-during-the-registration-waiting-period/132660 "2025-09-25T19:01:04Z")

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I found this helpful topic about changing the name of a package, but I have an additional question regarding the special case of changing a package name during the registration process. Here are the steps that have occu…

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## [Check whether a package name is available for automatic registration in the General registry](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/check-whether-a-package-name-is-available-for-automatic-registration-in-the-general-registry/132510)

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**Author:** [@nsajko](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nsajko)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2025, 12:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/check-whether-a-package-name-is-available-for-automatic-registration-in-the-general-registry/132510 "2025-09-19T12:38:18Z")

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Is there a way to check whether a package name would pass the automatic checks guarding registration? Other than starting registration outright.

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## [Registrator broken?: Unexpected error in registration](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/registrator-broken-unexpected-error-in-registration/129026)

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**Author:** [@srs](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/srs)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 11:35am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/registrator-broken-unexpected-error-in-registration/129026 "2025-05-15T11:35:08Z")

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Hey guys, registrator isn’t working. Is something down here? I tried both the web app and the github app and they both give me “Unexpected error in registration” (very helpful) The repo is this one, but it shouldn’t mat…

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## [New automerge requirement: Release notes required for breaking package releases](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-automerge-requirement-release-notes-required-for-breaking-package-releases/123955)

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**Author:** [@ericphanson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ericphanson)\
**Replies:** 50\
**Last updated:** [January 2, 2025, 3:11am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-automerge-requirement-release-notes-required-for-breaking-package-releases/123955 "2025-01-02T03:11:41Z")

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When registering a breaking release of a package, you now need to add release notes to the registration that mention what the breaking changes are, so that your users have an easier time understanding what they need to c…

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## [Improvements to the package registration workflow in the General registry](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/improvements-to-the-package-registration-workflow-in-the-general-registry/109595)

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**Author:** [@ericphanson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ericphanson)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2024, 11:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/improvements-to-the-package-registration-workflow-in-the-general-registry/109595 "2024-10-27T23:36:54Z")

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Hello package maintainers (and everyone else too :slightly\_smiling\_face:)! We have some new RegistryCI features that we hope will help make registering packages smoother. Background: what is RegistryCI? And what is “the…

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## [BADCERT\_NOT\_TRUSTED error while updating the Registry?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/badcert-not-trusted-error-while-updating-the-registry/119040)

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**Author:** [@nandoconde](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nandoconde)\
**Replies:** 27\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2024, 11:19am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/badcert-not-trusted-error-while-updating-the-registry/119040 "2024-09-06T11:19:43Z")

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Hello! Can I update the registry in my computer manually? The usual way errors for me. (@v1.11) pkg\> up ┌ Warning: could not download https://pkg.julialang.org/registries │ exception = RequestError: Cert verify faile…

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## [Registering package - automerge/decision — New package. Failed](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/registering-package-automerge-decision-new-package-failed/117937)

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**Author:** [@zapiano](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/zapiano)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 2:42am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/registering-package-automerge-decision-new-package-failed/117937 "2024-08-08T02:42:04Z")

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I am trying to register this package: open-AIMS/CoralBlox.jl (github.com) to the general registry. What I did: I released a new version on Github I went to Register package · JuliaHub, clicked “Register package” and f…

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## [Package not appearing on JuliaHub](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-not-appearing-on-juliahub/117392)

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**Author:** [@JoshuaLampert](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/JoshuaLampert)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 25, 2024, 3:07pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-not-appearing-on-juliahub/117392 "2024-07-25T15:07:39Z")

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I have two packages registered in the General registry, KernelInterpolation.jl and DispersiveShallowWater.jl. When I search for them on JuliaHub, I can see their names in the list, but clicking on them gives me Got a 40…

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## [Correct way to archive older versions of your registered package?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/correct-way-to-archive-older-versions-of-your-registered-package/117168)

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**Author:** [@K5Julien](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/K5Julien)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 18, 2024, 6:17am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/correct-way-to-archive-older-versions-of-your-registered-package/117168 "2024-07-18T06:17:29Z")

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Dear Julia Discourse community, I have several versions of my package (from v0.1.0 to v0.1.6). At the first versions, I did not use many tools (CompatHelper, CI, TagBot, Tests.jl, etc.). I was not aware of MoJuWo yet n…

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## [Do you have "General.tar.gz" in your \`.julia/registries/\`?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/do-you-have-general-tar-gz-in-your-julia-registries/115234)

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**Author:** [@kimikage](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kimikage)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 4, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/do-you-have-general-tar-gz-in-your-julia-registries/115234 "2024-07-04T20:25:52Z")

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Simple question: Do you have “General.tar.gz” in your .julia/registries/ (or equivalent)? You can check it, for example, by: julia\> readdir(joinpath(DEPOT\_PATH\[1\], "registries")) 3-element Vector{String}: "General" …

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## [Pkg behaving differently for Package from Registry vs the direct URL](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-behaving-differently-for-package-from-registry-vs-the-direct-url/115228)

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**Author:** [@Simon\_Exner](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Simon_Exner)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 6, 2024, 12:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-behaving-differently-for-package-from-registry-vs-the-direct-url/115228 "2024-06-06T12:50:48Z")

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Hello, I have an issue with the behavior of pkg: add FMIZoo results in FMIZoo.jl beeing installed and along with it Interpolations.jl 0.14.0 (which is in FMIZoo.jls dependencys) add "https://github.com/ThummeTo/FMIZoo…

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## [Update URL of registered package](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/update-url-of-registered-package/112637)

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**Author:** [@JanLeppert](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/JanLeppert)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2024, 10:01am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/update-url-of-registered-package/112637 "2024-04-07T10:01:24Z")

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I moved some of my projects to an organization and I updated the repo URL in the general registry three days ago, as suggested in GitHub - JuliaRegistries/General: The official registry of general Julia packages. All thr…

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## [How fresh is the General package registry?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-fresh-is-the-general-package-registry/110358)

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**Author:** [@Krastanov](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Krastanov)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2024, 12:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-fresh-is-the-general-package-registry/110358 "2024-02-20T12:15:44Z")

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I was wondering how many orphaned single-release “maybe should never have been registered” packages are there in the General registry. This is something I have heard other communities lament – pollution of their package …

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## [Updating registry or instantiating project environment fails with SSL/ca-certificate issue](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/updating-registry-or-instantiating-project-environment-fails-with-ssl-ca-certificate-issue/110400)

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**Author:** [@fbanning](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/fbanning)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2024, 1:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/updating-registry-or-instantiating-project-environment-fails-with-ssl-ca-certificate-issue/110400 "2024-02-19T13:02:04Z")

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I’m faced with a weird issue since updating to v1.10.1: (@v1.10) pkg\> instantiate ┌ Warning: could not download https://pkg.julialang.org/registries │ exception = RequestError: Error reading ca cert file /etc/ssl/cert…

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## [How Does Compat Requirement Changes for General Registry Affect Package Maintainers?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-does-compat-requirement-changes-for-general-registry-affect-package-maintainers/104960)

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**Author:** [@TheCedarPrince](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TheCedarPrince)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [October 30, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-does-compat-requirement-changes-for-general-registry-affect-package-maintainers/104960 "2023-10-30T15:21:38Z")

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Hi folks! This is a post about the recent announcement: I was curious about a few things here: How does this impact packages that support testing of older Julia versions which did not have this segmentation of stan…

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## [How to discourage macros: disable automerge of General registry PRs?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-discourage-macros-disable-automerge-of-general-registry-prs/104529)

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**Author:** [@nsajko](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nsajko)\
**Replies:** 41\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2023, 9:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-discourage-macros-disable-automerge-of-general-registry-prs/104529 "2023-10-19T21:49:32Z")

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It seems to me that macros are defined much too often in the Julia ecosystem and the (error-prone) definitions of such macros are often very complex. FWIW, the Julia Manual page on metaprogramming already heavily discou…

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## [About migrating packages from private registry to the General registry](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/about-migrating-packages-from-private-registry-to-the-general-registry/105165)

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**Author:** [@thautwarm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/thautwarm)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2023, 11:49am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/about-migrating-packages-from-private-registry-to-the-general-registry/105165 "2023-10-19T11:49:38Z")

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My team has developed several Julia packages that have already evolved to a relatively stable version, i.e., not v0.1. They’ve been working well for commercial cases, and we’ve just decided to make some packages public t…

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## [New stdlib compat requirements - CompatHelper.jl to the rescue?!](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-stdlib-compat-requirements-compathelper-jl-to-the-rescue/104966)

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**Author:** [@sloede](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sloede)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2023, 9:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-stdlib-compat-requirements-compathelper-jl-to-the-rescue/104966 "2023-10-14T21:31:09Z")

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In response to Will GitHub - JuliaRegistries/CompatHelper.jl: Automatically update the \[compat\] entries for your Julia package's dependencies do The Right Thing and add new compat bounds for stdlibs automatically? If n…

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## [JuliaRegistries: can't update my package because of registry dirty](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliaregistries-cant-update-my-package-because-of-registry-dirty/89379)

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**Author:** [@leo.boisvert](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/leo.boisvert)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2023, 5:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliaregistries-cant-update-my-package-because-of-registry-dirty/89379 "2023-10-09T17:34:59Z")

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Hi! I just joined a research lab and I’m trying to bring a little structure to the project I’m working on: GitHub - corail-research/SeaPearl.jl: Julia hybrid constraint programming solver enhanced by a reinforcement lea…

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## [Package Registration Issues](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-registration-issues/104424)

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**Author:** [@bvanderbeek](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bvanderbeek)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2023, 6:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-registration-issues/104424 "2023-10-03T06:18:21Z")

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I need help registering my first package (New package: TauP v0.1.0 by JuliaRegistrator · Pull Request #92501 · JuliaRegistries/General · GitHub). There are two issues I’m encountering, Name does not meet guidelines (to…

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## [Trying to submit a package to the General Registry, got error about pre-release not allowed](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/trying-to-submit-a-package-to-the-general-registry-got-error-about-pre-release-not-allowed/103919)

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**Author:** [@myersm0](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/myersm0)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2023, 11:13pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/trying-to-submit-a-package-to-the-general-registry-got-error-about-pre-release-not-allowed/103919 "2023-09-15T23:13:06Z")

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The title says just about everything here. Would anyone be able to help me see what I’m missing? I’m new to GitHub but I’m wrapping up work on a set of packages related to neuroimaging files and algorithms that I’d like …

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## [Does \[noblock\] override previous blocking comments in a registrator PR?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-noblock-override-previous-blocking-comments-in-a-registrator-pr/96151)

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**Author:** [@mkarikom](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkarikom)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-noblock-override-previous-blocking-comments-in-a-registrator-pr/96151 "2023-03-15T21:21:51Z")

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Just want to confirm that that auto merging will still happen if a comment like this: this looks shady... Is followed by a comment like this: \[noblock\] let's auto merge anyway

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## [Just cleaned up 17G of registries](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/just-cleaned-up-17g-of-registries/82049)

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**Author:** [@greatpet](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/greatpet)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2022, 10:51am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/just-cleaned-up-17g-of-registries/82049 "2022-06-01T10:51:08Z")

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Until today, running Pkg.update() each time took nearly 2 minutes just for the step “Updating registry” on my laptop. I thought this was the case for all Julia users, until I found some discussions on this issue after se…

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## [Reading versions of a package from unpacked registry tarball](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/reading-versions-of-a-package-from-unpacked-registry-tarball/76829)

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**Author:** [@greg\_plowman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/greg_plowman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2022, 8:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/reading-versions-of-a-package-from-unpacked-registry-tarball/76829 "2022-02-21T20:54:03Z")

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With the old-style git clone registry, I could find the latest version of a package by reading the Versions.toml file in the unpacked registry directory structure: function latest\_version(pkgname::AbstractString) pa…

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