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Re: 3.07 testing migration status



On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 02:13:39PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> As you may already have noticed, ocaml 3.07 entered testing today (or
> maybe yesterday already). This brings us to a migration time from one
> month since ocaml 3.07 has been released, which is not bad at all.
> 
> So, the mini-freeze is over, people can reupload new packages, and they
> will enter testing in timely fashion.
> 
> What remains to be done on my packages is :
> 
>   o an Advi overhaul, will do this weekend.
> 
>   o upload fixed lablgl, lablgtk & lablgtk2 packages.
> 
>   o fix the ocaml bignum licence issue.
> 
> For the latest point. It has been about one month next week that i have
> contacted Bdale Garbee and that he transmitted our request to the HP
> legal team, and i have had no response, despite having pinged Bdale 3
> times in the last weeks or so. Maybe they simply need more time, but i
> am a bit disapointed by HP on this subject, especially given their
> claimed debian support.
> 
> Anyway, i had plans to remove bignum this weekend, but a recent post of
> Jacques on the caml list said that Xavier already has a fixed version
> working in CVS, and i have asked Xavier if it would be ok to use this as
> a replacement to bignum for the debian package, or if it is too early
> yet. I have written Xavier today, and i will wait for his response
> before taking action on this.

There seems to be a bug with ocaml 3.07+2 and emacs21 though. I am
investigating this one.

Friendly,

Sven Luther



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