Re: inclusion of ocaml-policy

[Samuel Mimram <samuel.mimram@ens-lyon.org>]

Hi,

Ralf Treinen wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 07:25:45PM +0200, Samuel Mimram wrote:
> 
>> We have set up a policy for the packages of ocaml programs and
>> libraries. It would be nice if it could be integrated along with the
>> other policies[1]. To get it, you can either checkout the svn[2] or grab
>> the tarball I made[2]. Feel free to tell us if you find mistakes or
>> things missing, we'll correct them.
> 
> Thanks a lot to Samuel for having resumed the work on the debian policy,
> and for having finalised the document. For the moment I just have some
> minor remarks (I can implement if there is no objection):

Yes, please go ahead. Just remember that I have moved the policy in the
ocaml package.

> - I think the current section 1.2 should go before the current section
>   1.1. Understanding the difference between native and byte-code is
>   fundemental to all the rest of the document

Right, it might be more logical.

> - Shouldn't we avoid hard-coding the version number 3.09.2 in the 
>   document? I think it would be better to have a string VERSION
>   everywhere (as it is already the case at some places).

I don't think it's hardcoded anywhere (we use &ocaml-version;):

% grep 3.09.2 *
ocaml_packaging_policy.xml:<!ENTITY ocaml-version "3.09.2">

> - I would like to add myself as a co-author since I had contributed
>   large parts of the svn-howto.

Of course, every contributor deserves his name to be cited.

Cheers,

Samuel.