Re: lablgtkmathview, netstring, xstr, netclient, pxp, meta-ocaml

[Sven <luther@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr>]

On Tue, Feb 26, 2002 at 11:48:20AM +0100, Ralf Treinen wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 26, 2002 at 11:39:02AM +0100, Jérôme Marant wrote:
> 
> >   ocaml-core should not depend on non-free packages. Please remove
> >   ocaml-book-fr. Otherwise, ocaml-core will go to contrib.
> 
> What's the status of ocaml-book-fr anyway? It doesn't seem to be
> in unstable.
> 
> >   One more remark : I don't know if this is a good idea to provide
> >   an Emacs package in ocaml-core, since some people using VIM can
> >   be very aggressive when it comes to install some Emacs related
> >   components. Well, ... ;-)
> 
> Yes, maybe it is better to leave tuareg-mode out (or to just put
> a Suggests on tuareg-mode, to give a hint to those who want to
> use emacs). On the other hand the ocaml package itself installs
> emacs files, too. On the long run it might be good idea to remove the
> emacs stuff from the ocaml (binary) package and to build a 
> separate package ocaml-mode from the ocaml source package.

It is a post woody issue, i think.

Anyway, if emacs is not installed, there is no influence of the presence of
the ocaml-mode files, and thus there is no real impact on having them in the
ocaml package.

This same argument would also be valid for keeping the tuareg mode in
ocaml-core.

Friendly,

Sven Luther