Re: proposal: new ocaml dirs schema
On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 07:54:08PM +0200, Jérôme Marant wrote:
> Sven Luther <luther@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> writes:
>
>
> >> 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.
>
> Of course I can cause breakage, didn't you understand the example I
> gave ?
Well, yes, it can cause breakage if the dependencies are not strong
enough, but this is true of every debian package.
The only problem that can happen is :
o packages are uninstalable, this is temporary and solved by
rebuilding the libraries.
o libraries have wrong dependencies, and install all the same, and
break things. In this case, the library packages are buggy and should
be fixed.
Show me another case, if there is one.
> > 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.
>
> What I have in mind is: first thinking of the problem, then implementing
> it, then testing it with packages (in a stagging area) and when you're sure
> it works fine, uploading it to unstable.
Ok, but in the case of just moving the ocamllib directory, it is a very
heavy procedure for a really simple thing.
> >> > 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 ?
>
> Please see my counter-proposal.
Err, i will look at it again.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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