Remaining are:
- parts of unit200 that Matthew plans to remove.
- the `mzscheme` implementation itself.
The implementation of `mzscheme` has been moved
to the `mzscheme` collection (from the `racket` and
`scheme` collections). The `scheme/mzscheme`
language, which was undocumented, has been removed.
This is slightly backwards-incompatible, because
the `xform` handling of precompiled headers now
evaluates code in a `racket/base`-like namespace,
instead of in a `mzscheme`-like namespace.
I'm not sure why a problem with the "package closure" operation
didn't create problems earlier for `raco setup' --- or maybe it
did, but they're difficult to see.
Also, reduce redundancy in reporting of reasons for dependency
mismatches (but keep multiple reports of the same missing
dependency but for different reasons).
Report packages that have no dependency declarations as "warnings"
(to stdout instead of stderr).
Report specific information when a dependency is discoeverd missing,
insteda of reporting it only in verbose mode.
The new `--no-pkg-deps' or `-K' flag skips the check.
If a module in package X refers to a module in package Y, check that
package X declares a dependency on Y. Note that package X must
specifically depend on Y --- not another package that at the moment
happens to declare a dependency on Y.
A new "base" package represents the content of the core (so that, if
the core shrinks, a new "base2" can represent the smaller core).
Most every package now needs a dependency on "base".
Sometimes, it makes sense for X to access Y when X declares a
dependency on Z, because Z promises to always depend on Y. For
example, the "gui" package is defined to combne "gui-lib" and
"gui-doc", so it's appropriate to use the modules of "gui-lib" when
depending on "gui". A package's "info.rkt" can therefore define
`implies' as a subset of the dependencies listed in `deps', which
means that depending on the package implies a dependency on the listed
packages. (It's even possible for packages to mutually imply each
other, which is why the dependency checking code ends up with a
union-find.)
Dependency checking distinguishes between run-time dependencies and
build-time dependencies: anything listed in a ".dep" file is a build
dependency, at least. To imply a run-time dependency, a reference must
appear in a bytecode file's imports, and not in a subdirectory or
submodule that would be pruned for a binary package.
The `--fix-pkg-deps' flag attempts to automatically fix package
dependency declarations (i.e., modify a package's "info.rkt" file)
based on inferred dependencies.
The problem with allowing `(require string-constants)' in an
"info.rkt" file is that "string-constants-lib" is a package that might
not be installed. Removing it allows any "info.rkt" file to be loaded
with just the core.
Strings constants were used for `textbook-pls' and
`drscheme-language-positions' entries. To enable access to string
constants for those specifications, DrRacket now recognizes
`get-textbook-pls' and `get-drscheme-language-positions' as
module path plus symbol specifications.
Also, fix up conflict checking in `raco pkg install' so that ".zo"
files without source do not count as provided modules unless an
"info.rkt" declares `assume-virtual-sources' (which is where we
got into trouble, again, with `string-constants'), making it
consistent with the way that `raco setup' removes ".zo" files.
Use `PKGS' with the top-level makefile to select packages for
a development-mode build. The default is "main-distribution",
which includes all packages in "pkgs".
Making them "etc"-relative intercts badly with redirecting
a configuration to override just a few values --- such as
the links path, which is what `make core' needs.
* Clarified bogosity of toplevel .gitignore (and other such files)
* Removed "doc/" in the toplevel file -- looks like this was some broken
leftover, and it's dangerous for at least "scribble/doc" (which
contains code).
* Collapse more common patterns into worksp instead of in each file.
* Use a trailing "/" for directories.
* racket/lib/collects/pkg/.gitignore looks like a leftover that is no
longer needed.
A package's "info.rkt" file should define `collection' as a
string to name a single-collection package's collection, or as
the symbol 'multi to declare the package as multi-collection.
If `collection' is 'same-as-pkg, then the package name is used
as the collection name.
The default for `collection' is 'multi for now, but the intent
is to change the default to 'same-as-pkg after a conversion
period. Also, support for a `single-collection' definition remains
in place, but it wil be removed.
Allow the location of the installation-specific "links.rktd" file to
be specified in "config.rktd", and also allow extra link files to
be provided.
Allow the same for package directories.
The main file/directory in each case corresponds to the file/directory
that can be modified by an installation-scope install. Extra files
or directories in a search path supports constant links and libraries
that are shared across installations --- like "/usr/lib" versus "/lib".
The 1-second granularity of filesystem timestamps is not
good enough to deetct changes to the file --- especially
when `raco pkg' installs links and runs `raco setup' (in
the same Rcket process), in which case a newly installed link
might not be detected.
The longer-term repair is probably to add file-changed
events to Racket (based on `inotify' and similar interfaces
provided by OSes).
A collection declares release notes with a `release-notes' field in
"info.rkt".
The "doc" directory is now populated exclusively by generated content,
instead of having a static "release-notes" directory (and a "keep-dirs.rktd"
file to record the static directories).
Keep track of the out<n>.sxref timestamps, so that `raco setup'
can detect when the database is out of sync (instead of assuming that
it's always in sync with out<n>.sxref files).
The "racket" directory contains a pared-back version of the
repository, roughly.
The "pkgs" directory everything else in the repository, but
organized into packages.
