Re: proposal: new ocaml dirs schema
On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 01:31:31PM +0200, Jérôme Marant wrote:
> 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.
Ok, you want it in a separate repository. Then we will have to go the
way of gnome2, have all things that may break into experimental or a
staging area, and then move everything to unstable later on. I am not
really sure that i want to go this way. If all libraries get rebuild
fast, then there will be almost no problem with it. Also, i don't really
see what is experimental with the ocamllib dir change ? It is only a
problem of transition, it cannot cause any unwanted breakage apart from
the need to rebuild the libraries.
Mmm, What i think would be best is :
Wait until ocaml 3.06 enters testing with all the libraries.
Then do the change in unstable.
So the people don't wanting things to break could follow testing, as
they should, and we can do the dir move in unstable in the meantime.
If we do it right now, there will be no older ocaml 3.06 packages, and
this may break things.
> > 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.
Why not ?
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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