If I understand correctly, packages in the action items refers to extensions and distributions for OpenRefine. I think that could be a topic for the discussion page/section, because support for extensions across OR versions varies a lot and the distributions appear to be niche products. They can be powerful, but I feel they are less suited to people who first discover OR.
As I did install the RDF extension my screen looks a bit different from the learners' screens, which I do point out at the beginning of the lesson.
Unless there is something really specific I'd say these are worth mentioning but not including in detail (this is the approach we take in Library Carpentry).
In summary, I think we may:
[ ] Add an Instructor note about possible differences in the layout of the user interface when extensions are installed
[ ] Add a few sentences (to Other Resources) about the existence of extensions and alternative distributions of OpenRefine, with the remark that novice users probably do not need them
How could the content be improved?
This is a specific suggestion from #29 to incorporate content about extensions for and/or distributions ("packages") of OpenRefine.
The minutes of the 2018 CAC meeting include:
I commented in https://github.com/datacarpentry/openrefine-socialsci/issues/29#issuecomment-1286723132:
@ostephens commented in https://github.com/datacarpentry/openrefine-socialsci/issues/29#issuecomment-1331836359:
In summary, I think we may: