Re: NO_CUSTOM in OCamlMakefile
On Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 09:40:06AM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 08:59:33PM +0100, Ralf Treinen wrote:
> > I do not think that we should change that behaviour. IMHO, this
> > package is rather useful for for ocaml programmers who wish to have
> > the latest version of that file for their own projects,
> > independently of whether this is for building debian packages or
> > not. So we shouldn't deviate from OCamlMakfile's standard behaviour
> > without a very good reason. If you believe that it is *in general* a
> > bad idea to use CUSTIM_MODE than this should be fixed by upstream.
>
> Full ACK.
> Debian policy is no reason to change the default behavior that users
> might rely upon.
>
> Still, I do think it is an upstream bug, because custom executables
> are not deprecated by us, but by OCaml upstream with the introduction
> of the C stubs mechanism (paraphrasing Xavier). So a communication
> with upstream asking to change the default might be appropriate.
OK, in this case I will be happy to contact Markus and ask him to
change this upstream. Do you have any reference on custom executables
being deprecated by ocaml upstream?
-Ralf.
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