Re: Last problem with cameleon
Sven Luther <luther@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> writes:
> On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 06:16:29PM +0100, Jérôme Marant wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> First of all, Happy New Year!
>>
>> I'm sorry I'm very late in updating Cameleon with respect
>> to the ocaml policy but I encountered a final problem:
>> 2 of the cameleon packages provide a small library that
>> it is not worth shipping outside of the package.
>
> I have the same problem with advi also.
>
> What package are they with ?
mlchat and ocaml-report.
> One solution would be to provide them in a cameleon-common or soemthing
> such, and still keep the nativecode/bytecode split.
I don't like this.
> Another solution would be to do as i plan to do for advi, that is modify
> the policy so that such packages can be done in native code and in
> custom built bytecode. (or not custom built bytecode, but in the advi
> case at least i didn't easily manage to make them non-custom built).
I like this. :-)
>> Hence, it is not possible for me to make them Arch:all.
>> I have to solutions:
>> - shipping a native package and a byte package ; this
>> solves the problem but the native package it not
>> necesssary at all
>> - making an exception for such packages because their
>> are like libraries ship with some binaries, i.e.
>> leaving them Arch: any.
>
> Or modify the policy to accomodate them ? :)))
I like this :-)
>> Any opinion?
>
> Hope this helps some.
A lot. Thanks.
Cheers,
--
Jérôme Marant
http://marant.org
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