Currently adding a package with a weakdep requires the weakdep to be present in an available registry. However, it seems reasonable that a package may have a weakdep that isn't available to all potential users or is a local dev package.
Example
I have PkgA on local registry A and PkgB on local registry B. Is it possible to make PkgB a weakdep to PkgA where a user of PkgA may not have access to registry B. I would think this should be possible but I get something like the following, where the UUID is for PkgB.
pkg> add PkgA
Resolving package versions...
ERROR: cannot find name corresponding to UUID 5f2853af-5fcd-4df5-818b-ccf2a074bbd0 in a registry
julia> versioninfo()
Julia Version 1.10.0
Commit 3120989f39b (2023-12-25 18:01 UTC)
Build Info:
Official https://julialang.org/ release
Platform Info:
OS: macOS (x86_64-apple-darwin22.4.0)
CPU: 12 × Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-8950HK CPU @ 2.90GHz
WORD_SIZE: 64
LIBM: libopenlibm
LLVM: libLLVM-15.0.7 (ORCJIT, skylake)
Threads: 14 on 12 virtual cores
Environment:
JULIA_NUM_THREADS = 10
JULIA_EDITOR = code
Currently adding a package with a weakdep requires the weakdep to be present in an available registry. However, it seems reasonable that a package may have a weakdep that isn't available to all potential users or is a local dev package.
Example
I have PkgA on local registry A and PkgB on local registry B. Is it possible to make PkgB a weakdep to PkgA where a user of PkgA may not have access to registry B. I would think this should be possible but I get something like the following, where the UUID is for PkgB.
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