[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: Policy ready to be edited



"Sylvain LE GALL" <sylvain.le-gall@polytechnique.org> writes:


> I must have missed something indeed :
>
> gildor@grand:/usr/lib/ocaml/3.07$ ls unix dynlink graphics num str
> dynlink:
> META
...
> Am i wrong or is there only META in unix, dynlink...
>
> Moreover, they are not created by ocaml but by ocaml-findlib !

I've always said findlib sucks!

>
>> > A last argument : ocamlfind install my_package ... will install the
>> > package in /usr/lib/ocaml/3.07/my_package with his META et al. So why do
>> > we need to do something different that what we wants by using findlib (
>> > ie in order to be consistent you have to take all the aspect of one
>> > thing )...
>> 
>> Yes, META plus others files. I said it is stupid to create a directory
>> dedicated at _only one_ file which is the META file. In that case,
>> stdlibdir/META.pkg.
>> 
>
> Not stdlibdir META.pkg, but i think it could go to stdlibdir/META/...

Yes. Hopefully Sven's solution is more reasonable.
 
>> Works fine with ocamlbrowse.
>> 
>
> But doesn't work with docbrowser shipped with cameleon !
>
> Plus : ocamldoc tags can be very informative.

Do what you want but put your hand off my packages! :-)

-- 
Jérôme Marant

http://marant.org



Reply to: