Re: fix the world, make it a better place ...
Sven Luther <luther@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> writes:
>> So you shall not give this pointer which does not reflect what's
>> going to be.
>
> Oh come one, i gave it to Stefano, who was not following all our
> previous discution, and told him that this where the being worked on
> package, and that there where not (yet) ready.
:-)
>> The big problem will probably be ocamlrun and the hability
>> to have #!/usr/bin/ocaml-<version>. Is it currently possible?
>
> No problem, you just modify the script that gets copied into each
> bytecode program. I can do that if needed in the debian/rules, but am
> looking for a more clean solution, with a configure time switch, which i
> can even send upstream if needed.
It would be better indeed.
>> Same thing will ocamlmklib and such ocaml programs that call
>> other ocaml programs.
>
> Yes, these are the problematic ones. Let me time to look at it and
> provide a propper patch.
>
> Other problems are :
>
> ocamldoc.sty (a simple alternative should do it).
alternative would mean prioritise ocaml versions.
> emacs mode (should install in a subdirectory and provide alternatives ?)
Hmm, we can put it in a separate package ocaml-mode and only one ocaml-mode
would be allowed to be installed at a time.
> In the meantime is it more important to fix the remaining bugs and other
> problems that stop ocaml from entering testing.
Damned testing.
>> So I fear that we won't be able to reach our goal.
>
> Huh, do you believe i will not be able to achieve a nice working
> ocaml-3.06 package, which will be parallel installable ? I think it is
> possible, and as said, hope even to provide a patch upstream. I will do
> it in a clean way though.
>
> If this fails, no problem i can simply provide a ocaml 3.06-16 package
> with the latest fixes that went into ocaml-3.06 3.06-16. In fact i have
> such a thing almost ready.
I think it would be wise to get our changes blessed by the OCaml team.
Cheers,
--
Jérôme Marant
http://marant.org
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