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Re: ocamlodbc packaging



On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 03:11:56PM +0200, Georges Mariano wrote:
> Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
> > 
> > On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 01:16:06PM +0200, Georges Mariano wrote:
> > > should we "suggest" to switch to
> > >       [o]caml-<name>   and
> > >       [o]caml-lib<libname>
> > > ??
> > 
> > what semantic do you want to associate to the two name ?
> > (i.e. when exactly you think have to be used one or other ?)
> 
> ooups, why did I post such ideas ... ?? ;-)
> 
> Well, here is the list of ocaml stuff I have in OCamlDebian directory
> (all are not real packages...)
> <<
> activedvi    coq-doc  hevea     mlgtk           ocamldoom       ocamltk
> bibtex2html  coqweb   hlins     mlminidom       ocaml-libint32 
> ocaml-tools
> camlidl      efuns    lablgl    mmm             ocaml-libplot   ocamlweb
> camlimages   findlib  lablgtk   ocaml           ocaml-libpq     tony
> camlp4       geneweb  libungif  ocaml-book-ora  ocaml-mysql     unison
> coq          gz       mldvi     ocaml-doc       ocamlq-glide    xpath
> >>
> 
> As you can see there are caml* and ocaml*, why ?? I don't know exactly
> (probably because before OCaml it was CamlLigth)
> Some (very few in fact) packages/stuff are provided with CamlLigth and
> OCaml code, so may be we should keep the "caml" prefix. For "pure" OCaml
> code, just use "ocaml" prefix.
> And new developments will probably be called ocaml<something>

Notice : 

ocamltk is called camltk in the upstream source, but ocamltk in the
announcement made to caml list. The package (even the old slink one) is just
renamed to ocamltk.

Friendly,

Sven Luther



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