Re: new ocaml (3.04-2) packages vailable for testing
On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 01:15:29PM +0100, georges mariano wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Dec 2001 13:20:26 +0100
> Sven <luther@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> wrote:
>
> > This would assuredly make the individual packages smaller (camlp4 is
> 1.2 MB,
> > while ocaml is 5.4 MB or so).
> >
> > But then we could just keep one big fat package.
>
> My I suggest to keep a few but (may be fat) packages to avoid
> multiplying problems (and [trivial?] bug reports mainly related to
> bad/insufficient dependencies) until woody release,
> and thus to postpone this discussion (and the policy one) to a more
> comfortable period (when there will be no deadline)
Ok, this is a reasonable suggestion ...
There should not be any major dependency problems, i think.
> As a user (and for now), I would prefer a small set of well-known
> and well-defined packages rather than a more sophisticated
> ocaml-debian
> distrib with annoying "bugs" (even they probably will be trivial)
But then, you don't use a slow modem connection to upgrade your box.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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