Pkg.jl: Official docs on package registration process

[felipenoris]

Pkg.jl docs should cover package registration process. Looks like the only source of information on this is still a discourse thread (https://discourse.julialang.org/t/switching-package-registration-systems-soon/22677) and the Registrator README (https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/Registrator.jl/blob/master/README.md). Both sources are not liked to any official doc. (julia docs link to Pkg.jl docs on https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/stdlib/Pkg/, but Registrator.jl is not linked to any docs, AFAIK).

Ref: https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General/issues/1626

[StefanKarpinski]

Yes, the discoverability of the documentation for this is terrible—I didn't realize quite how bad until @madeleineudell pointed it out to me along with several other very helpful bits of feedback (thanks, Madeleine!). Here are some of the notes I took.

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Improvements:

• Add info about how to register package in the manual section for Pkg
• Manual Pkg section needs to link to the main Pkg.jl docs
• Pkg.jl docs don’t even include docs for registration process
• Pkg.jl repo doesn’t clearly indicate that the doc link is to docs
• Include example workflows like https://medium.com/@Jernfrost/my-new-workflow-with-julia-1-0-99711103d97c but for various processes
• The actual useful docs are at https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/Registrator.jl

Google search terms that should ideally work:

• julia packages dev
• julia package development
• julia register package
• julia general registry
• julia register new version

[holgerteichgraeber]

Adding to the list of additional documentation: How to rename a package