# \#psa

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## [Please read: make it easier to help you](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/please-read-make-it-easier-to-help-you/14757)

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**Author:** [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2018, 8:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/please-read-make-it-easier-to-help-you/14757 "2018-09-10T08:18:05Z")

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Welcome to the Julia Discourse! We are enthusiastic about helping Julia programmers, both beginner and experienced. This public service announcement (PSA) outlines best practices when asking for help. Following these poi…

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## [How to fix GitHub Actions CI failures with Julia 1.6 (or 1.7) on \`macos-latest\` and \`macos-14\`](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-fix-github-actions-ci-failures-with-julia-1-6-or-1-7-on-macos-latest-and-macos-14/117019)

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**Author:** [@dilumaluthge](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dilumaluthge)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2026, 11:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-fix-github-actions-ci-failures-with-julia-1-6-or-1-7-on-macos-latest-and-macos-14/117019 "2026-05-01T23:29:24Z")

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GitHub Actions offers three\[1\] different versions of macOS on the free GitHub-hosted macOS runners: macos-12, which runs on Intel Mac machines (x86\_64) macos-13, which runs on Intel Mac machines (x86\_64) macos-14, whic…

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## [FYI: Julia 1.12's REPL warns on non-owning, non-public qualified accesses](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/fyi-julia-1-12s-repl-warns-on-non-owning-non-public-qualified-accesses/134401)

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**Author:** [@ericphanson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ericphanson)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 7, 2025, 10:30am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/fyi-julia-1-12s-repl-warns-on-non-owning-non-public-qualified-accesses/134401 "2025-12-07T10:30:01Z")

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Some terminology: Qualified access: like Module.name, e.g. DataFrames.VERSION non-owning: VERSION is defined in Base, not in DataFrames non-public: VERSION is not marked public in DataFrames (it is public in Base) So …

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## [\[PSA\] Custom default backends for Plots.jl broken on julia 1.10](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-custom-default-backends-for-plots-jl-broken-on-julia-1-10/108979)

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**Author:** [@BeastyBlacksmith](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/BeastyBlacksmith)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 7:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-custom-default-backends-for-plots-jl-broken-on-julia-1-10/108979 "2024-01-18T19:57:34Z")

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Julia 1.10 turned loading packages that are not direct dependencies at precompile time into an error. Historically Plots.jl relied on some sketchy code loading practices to make the multiple backend story workable. That…

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## [Announcing Julia Gender Inclusive’s Community Hour!](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/announcing-julia-gender-inclusive-s-community-hour/105100)

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**Author:** [@Xuan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Xuan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 18, 2023, 1:28am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/announcing-julia-gender-inclusive-s-community-hour/105100 "2023-10-18T01:28:52Z")

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Hey everyone, Julia Gender Inclusive is excited to announce a new series of online meet-ups, with our very first Community Hour happening this Sunday, 22 October at 9AM EDT / 1PM UTC / 3PM CEST / 6.30PM IST. Sign-up her…

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## [PSA: Glossary for beginners (WIP)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-glossary-for-beginners-wip/50340)

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**Author:** [@miguelraz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/miguelraz)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2022, 2:28am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-glossary-for-beginners-wip/50340 "2022-05-19T02:28:23Z")

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Hello, I have started this document as a handy glossary to point to for beginners. Generally intended for English as a Second Language Speakers or new users of online forums and the Julia Community in general. Suggestio…

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## [Compatibility with previous versions of Julia: how much makes sense for a new package?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/compatibility-with-previous-versions-of-julia-how-much-makes-sense-for-a-new-package/59920)

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**Author:** [@andreasvarga](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/andreasvarga)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2021, 7:29am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/compatibility-with-previous-versions-of-julia-how-much-makes-sense-for-a-new-package/59920 "2021-04-25T07:29:59Z")

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I am developing several computational packages, mainly oriented towards control system applications. Several times I was confronted with keeping compatibility with earlier versions of Julia, where I set (I don’t remember…

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## [PSA: Formatting REPL snippets on Stack Overflow](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-formatting-repl-snippets-on-stack-overflow/48181)

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**Author:** [@CameronBieganek](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/CameronBieganek)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2020, 8:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-formatting-repl-snippets-on-stack-overflow/48181 "2020-10-11T20:39:47Z")

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Stack Overflow recently changed their syntax highlighter from Google Prettify to highlight.js: I’ve noticed that now snippets of code from the Julia REPL often get highlighted funny, like this: Here you can see th…

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## [PSA: Julia is not at that stage of development anymore](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-julia-is-not-at-that-stage-of-development-anymore/44872)

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**Author:** [@StefanKarpinski](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/StefanKarpinski)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 13, 2020, 1:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-julia-is-not-at-that-stage-of-development-anymore/44872 "2020-08-13T13:53:20Z")

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You heard about this brand new exciting programming language called Julia and have some suggestions for how it should work. Wonderful! We’re happy to have you here and help you learn the language and listen to your ideas…

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## [PSA: use Julia 0.7 if you are upgrading](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-use-julia-0-7-if-you-are-upgrading/13321)

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**Author:** [@StefanKarpinski](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/StefanKarpinski)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2018, 9:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-use-julia-0-7-if-you-are-upgrading/13321 "2018-08-15T21:17:52Z")

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A lot of people are posting issues where their old code doesn’t work anymore on 1.0 because some function has been renamed or removed. The 0.7 release exists exactly for this reason: your old code will work on 0.7 and gi…

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## [PSA: how to quote code with backticks](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-how-to-quote-code-with-backticks/7530)

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**Author:** [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-how-to-quote-code-with-backticks/7530 "2017-12-05T13:33:20Z")

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This is a short post on how to use backticks (\` and \`\`\`) to quote code, so it is easy to read. This post can be linked to new users who are confused by this feature. Why By quoting your code, you get a monospaced font (…