On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Stéphane Glondu<steph@glondu.net> wrote: > Hezekiah M. Carty a écrit : >> This is a request to change the ocamlfind name in the META file for camlzip >> from "zip" to "camlzip". This more closely mirrors the upstream library >> name. GODI also uses "camlzip" so this will ease development between Debian >> and GODI based OCaml installations. > > I am not sure which one of Debian or GODI is right, here. > > Upstream installs its files in a "zip" directory by default, hence the > name of the findlib package. Please note also that the name of a library > is not always exactly the same as the name of the findlib package. > > From my point of view, if upstream ever distributes a META file (by the > way, has it ever been submitted?), it is most likely it will be > installed with the other files, in the "zip" directory, so that the > findlib package will be "zip". > > Any thoughts on this? At this point, I would tend to agree with you that "zip" is a better name for the ocamlfind package. I am happy with either name though, as long as it is consistent across installations. My work-around for this naming disparity has been to install a minimal zip package using ocamlfind which contains only a META file requiring camlzip. This way requiring "zip" works when using Debian, Fedora or GODI. I have attached the "Debian-compatibility" META file I use with GODI if it is of any interest. Hez
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