Re: ocaml packaging policy ...
On Mon, Feb 11, 2002 at 06:34:12PM +0100, Remi VANICAT wrote:
> Sven <luther@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> writes:
>
>
> > Well, yes, but better that than having broken package in testing, don't you
> > think.
> >
> > I would much prefer that when i upload a new version of ocaml to
> > testing that breaks binary compatibility, then all older libraries
> > should be removed from testing, but i don't know if this is possible
> > with the current testing script.
>
> by the way it seem from the cvs that ocaml 3.05 will break the binary
> compatibility (the version of cmo/cmi have change at least 2 time...)
So the versionned dependency makes sense.
That said, with things like the magic file and maybe a bit of help from ocaml
itself, it should possible to have a better solution about this.
But i think we should all lobby for a better versionning scheme in ocaml.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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