On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 02:45:20PM +0100, Sven wrote:
> > task-ocaml (Depends: ocaml, ocaml-doc, ocaml-tools, ledit, camlp4,
> > camlp4-doc, ocaml-findlib, camlidl, camlidl-doc, ocamlweb, tuareg-mode)
> >
> > (Anyway I doubt that we can have camlidl in Woody ...)
>
> Why not ? woody freeze for things ocaml related is not yet and we have at
> least a month still i think.
Right, only for base package the freeze is imminent.
My fault.
> > task-ocaml-libraries (Depends: camlzip, ocaml-netclient,
> > ocaml-netstring, ocaml-pxp, ocaml-shell, ocaml-xstr, ocamltk, lablgl,
> > lablgtk, lablgtkmathview, mlminidom, libxlib-ocaml)
>
> Why not one task alone ?
>
> Or a ocaml-task-base (with the ocaml package, or maybe a future ocaml-base
> with just the runtime stuff) and a ocaml-dev task ?
No to one task alone:
- a user that just want to learn ocaml have no need to install all the
libraries
- the library related task package will probably increase its size while the
other one will probably remain the same
- size: only one task package may install thousand of package in future,
think about having one "task-perl" package AAARRRGGGHHH!
No to ocaml-dev name:
- ocaml is "per se" a development tool so ocaml-dev doesn't sound good
to me, ocaml-libraries or ocaml-lib give more hints to the user
Note: I've just understood why the policy and the developer reference
doesn't mention the task packages: the task packages are no longer used
(at least in sid), they are removed in favor of a Task: field in the
control file; unfortunately this field isn't yet described in the policy
:-(
So remember that this/these task package{,s} will exists "only" in woody
but no longer that that.
Cheers.
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