In data martedì 27 ottobre 2020 15:34:10 CET, Stéphane Glondu ha scritto: > Le 27/10/2020 à 15:14, Pino Toscano a écrit : > >> ocaml and ocaml-base are basically empty now that graphics has moved to > >> a separate source package (ocaml-graphics). I am planning to turn > >> ocaml-nox and ocaml-base-nox into transitional packages and move > >> everything to ocaml and ocaml-base, but that's for later (after the > >> transition is over, for sure). > > > > OK, so I guess they should not be used anymore e.g. in upstream CI > > systems? > > I don't understand. What do you mean by "they"? And upstream CI does not > use Debian packages, does it? Sorry, "they" means the ocaml-nox and ocaml-base-nox packages that you plan to make transitional. To expand a bit more: there are upstream CIs (e.g. libvirt) that test on different distros including Debian, using as much as distro packages as possible. In the context of OCaml packages, libvirt-ocaml is tested there. > >> Meanwhile, I will apply and upload your patch when the ocaml transition > >> is over (unless there is a strong argument that it should be done before). > > > > TBH, I was slightly surprised that apparently nothing broke because of > > this, as there are sources that do not build-depend on ocaml-nox (only > > ocaml). > > This would only happen for a package that does not depend on any > external library, as library -dev packages usually depend on ocaml-nox-$ABI. Right. I'm surprised there is no such case in the archive. > > Regarding the transition: it looks like there is not much activity from > > the LLVM people... so I'd ask for an upload, since it will still be > > stuck waiting anyway. > > OK. Thanks! -- Pino Toscano
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