The --binary flag only works for the current release with the default catalog iirc.
Cheers, Sam On Sat, Oct 9, 2021, 11:58 Sorawee Porncharoenwase <[email protected]> wrote: > I think it's so that `raco pkg install mypkg-lib` won't install > `racket-doc` if you use Minimal Racket? > > If you don't split `mypkg` to `mypkg-lib` and `mypkg-doc`, but specify > `deps` and `build-deps` correctly, `raco pkg install --binary mypkg` won't > pull in `racket-doc` either. I don't know when this feature was added > though. Perhaps, it could be that the package splitting convention predates > the feature, and the convention persists. > > On Sat, Oct 9, 2021 at 10:58 AM 'Joel Dueck' via Racket Users < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I’ve always used the single collection format [1] in my packages. >> >> However, I see a lot of package authors will use a multi-collection >> format and split the library, documentation and maybe tests out into >> separate collections. >> >> What are the benefits of splitting the main library and its documentation >> into separate collections? >> >> [1]: >> https://docs.racket-lang.org/pkg/Package_Concepts.html#%28part._concept~3amulti-collection%29 >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Racket Users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/6ea9f50e-0d4f-4800-bc17-d31979a614cfn%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/6ea9f50e-0d4f-4800-bc17-d31979a614cfn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Racket Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/CADcuegs%3D-YZKaTSmPxreNekuUyxcyMG6AOSzxwnkCnr_8jBkgg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/CADcuegs%3D-YZKaTSmPxreNekuUyxcyMG6AOSzxwnkCnr_8jBkgg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/CAHsjV0xQmU3tA21v-bngvpEcxRof3ZSTGc3%3Dfu3i2mLzqk8qLA%40mail.gmail.com.
