Re: ocaml 3.05 uploaded to ftp-master.
Sven LUTHER <luther@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> writes:
>> I'm afraid I haven't installed it yet. However, after reading what Xavier
>> said about bugs in 3.05, I think I'm going to put it on hold until 3.06.
>> It is too much broken. It is probably unfortunate to have it in Debian,
>> but it is too late now.
>
> No, it is unstable, it will go into testing or even on users system,
> only when all dependencies are solved, which will not happen anytime
> soon, especially if we don't rebuild the libraries.
>
> Note also that they forgot to bump the .cmi magic number, so it will try
> to build with current libraries, but segfault ...
Yes, too bad :(
>
> Anyway, i feel it is good that it is in debian now, so people can test
> it, maybe i should have but it in experimental though, with the
> hindsight i have now.
Well, I hope they'll have a 3.06 ASAP, because Debian unstable means
that the packaging my be unstable, not the app ;-)
> BTW, what do you all think about my mail to Xavier about the version
> numbering ? i feel 3.06 should be called 3.05.1, not 3.06.
I totally agree with you on this. I interpreted Xavier's reply as
a polite way to ask you to mind your own business ;) I don't know if
you had the same feeling ;)
Cheers,
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Jérôme Marant
http://marant.org
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