Re: proposal: new ocaml dirs schema
Sven Luther <luther@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> writes:
> Ok, ...
>
> But how do we move the symlinks around ? Do we use a plain
> alternative/diversion thingy (need to recheck on those) or do we do
> something more fancy ? How do we force the symlinks to be ever on the
> last installed package ? I don't believe we need them really, since i
> don't think we want a trully // install, but something more asymetric,
> where the last released version of ocaml (3.06 today) is the one used,
> the other being more an additional service for peoples who really need
> it, and are ready to do a bit more work to make it work.
No alternative, no diversion.
A dummy package must provide symlinks to the correct binaries.
This package has the version of the standard Python.
>
> I can even provide a Makefile.3.04 or something such file, which would
> define the OCAMLC, OCAMLOP, etc to point to the ocaml 3.04 binaries,
> without real need for a symlink thingy.
>
>> > But then, like i said, we have time to speak about it, and convince us
>> > all that we did choose the right solution.
>>
>> I'd like to see something implemented before telling anything ;-)
>> But again, I'm against any package duplication.
>
> Ok, the next version of ocaml i will provide, (well apart from the
> bugfixe ones maybe), will move the ocamllib dir, and no more. Mmm, maybe
> i should not really wait, and upload it. This would need a rebuild of
> all the ocaml libraries though.
Err, this is an experiment, so it must be uploaded either to experimental
or on a website.
>
> And then, as an example, i will package ocaml-cvs, and you can look and
> see how it works. There will, at first, not be any kind of libraries for
> this one, so it will be easier. Then, if we are satisfied with it, i can
> rebuild ocaml 3.04, and you can play some with the libraries to see if
> you like it.
IMO, there is no need to have ocaml-cvs and ocaml installed at the same
time.
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Jérôme Marant
http://marant.org
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