Re: [Caml-list] Wishes for an easy install of Ocaml

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Sat, Jan 01, 2005 at 02:58:47PM +0100, Ralf Treinen wrote:
> Happy New Year,
> 
> On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 11:31:36PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 04:20:37PM +0000, Richard Jones wrote:
> > > On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 05:54:11PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote:
> > > > What about installing tuareg by default in the ocaml-core or whatever
> > > > meta-package, and have it ask a debconf question at priority medium about
> > > > which of the two emacs bindings should be used ? 
> > > 
> > > What about ditching the core emacs support and just including tuareg
> > > mode instead, since (no offence to whoever wrote the core support)
> > > tuareg's much better.
> > 
> > The core stuff is part of the ocaml package upstream, while tuareg is not. I
> > am no emacs user, but i somehow don't feel well for removing the core emacs
> > mode.
> 
> I think the best way to handle this is using the debian alternatives
> system (see update-alternatves(8)), plus providing some information
> how the user can override the alternative choosen by the system
> administrator. When using alternatives tuareg-mode should have
> priority over caml-mode.

Yep, this make sense, if you could do this, i will make an upload of the
ocaml package with the needed changes. The user can simply remove the tuareg
package for the standard stuff being enabled again.

Friendly,

Sven Luther