Re: ocaml 3.06 and tcl/tk 8.4 ...
Selon Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@debian.org>:
> Is really not possible to handle this stuff only from the debian side?
> For all programs that rely on /usr/bin/ocamlrun we can use a symlink to
> /usr/bin/ocamlrun-3.07 (as we have already discussed IIRC).
>
> I think it is important to try to handle this parallel installation. If
> you have not enough time to work on it we can try to share the efforts
> ...
I have no doubt that it is going to be pain in the ass.
I'm still not convinced it is worth the effort.
> Regarding gdm is probably that a solution will be found, just because it
> block too many packages. But actually we don't know how many problems
> can encounter the new ocaml 3.07 package. This is another reason to try
> to keep both the old 3.06 package and the new 3.07.
We could use the experimental distribution to rebuild our packages
against 3.07 and once tested, migrate them to unstable.
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Jérôme Marant
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