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recommend adding Requires to weakdeps #3537

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recommend adding Requires to weakdeps
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Update docs/src/creating-packages.md
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Expand Up @@ -418,6 +418,8 @@ This is done by making the following changes (using the example above):
```julia
isdefined(Base, :get_extension) ? (using Contour) : (using ..Contour)
```
- Add `Requires` to `[weakdeps]` in your `Project.toml` file, so that it is listed in both `[deps]` and `[weakdeps]`.
Julia 1.9+ knows to not install it as a regular dependency, whereas earlier versions will consider it a dependency.

The package should now work with Requires.jl on Julia versions before extensions were introduced
and with extensions on more recent Julia versions.
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