Bug#973039: ocaml: does not pull ocaml-nox anymore
Le 27/10/2020 à 16:31, 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.
OK. There is time before ocaml-nox and ocaml-base-nox are dropped! It
won't happen before bullseye+1.
>>>> 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!
Uploaded.
Cheers,
--
Stéphane
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