Re: ocaml-3.06 3.06-16 ready to be tested ...
Sven Luther <luther@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> writes:
>> So, it doesn't break anything and this is what we want (that is, we can
>> never have 3.06-built libs and ocaml 3.07 installed at a time).
>
> Yes, that is what we decided previously, you were the one asking about
> it. Also, i was thinking about easying the unstable->testing migration.
What I described is the same migration scheme as many apps in Debian.
>> > Now, it comes to the case of third parties apps, like the ones remi
>> > uses, which need the old ocaml runtime, and the the corresponding
>> > libraries also.
>>
>> He need to rebuilt those third pary apps against the new ocaml.
>> This is how unstable works.
>
> Yes, but when he does not have the sources ?
If he does have sources, it is not Free Software then.
We don't have to support non-free software.
>> >> No need to make things more difficult than they are.
>> >
>> > You were the one pointing the C library case.
>> >
>> > We have the same problem as them.
>>
>> Do you mean the .so problem? If so, it is another story.
>
> Yes, ...
It is the same problem than for standard libs.
Cheers,
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Jérôme Marant
http://marant.org
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