Re: first use of ocaml-findlib
On Mon, Apr 02, 2001 at 09:40:05AM +0200, Georges Mariano wrote:
> > I'm trying to use ocaml-findlib to build the first package against
> > findlib: I'm trying to package netstring from www.ocaml-programming.de.
> > How we want to build these ocamlmodules ?
>
> A suggestion/note, which may be related to the use of findlib...
> Looking around for ocaml stuff, I found that there is lot of small libraries
> (may be netstring is small, I don't know ...). Examples in my mind (but may
> be not illustrative (or obsolete)) 'int32' , 'numerix', and things like
> these...
>
> Question : What about a package named 'ocaml-libutils' merging such stuff ?
> i.e : is it preferable to have one "reasonable" package than a lot of small
> packages (which are very easy to build...) ??
or ocaml-extra-libs or something like that ?
> what will be the relationship between 'findlib' and these (packaged)
> libraries (which are now provided independly from findlib) ?
>
> May be a question for Gerd and those who may be able to write the findlib
> policy:
> will it be possible to install things like pxp *without* findlib ??
> in other words, will findlib be "optional" for all the ocaml-debian related
> packages ??
If you would have followed our earlier discution on this, iyou would know that
this was the plan.
> (Yes, may be I have just to wait the policy... and read it ;-)
Is someone actually writing it ?
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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