Bug#605670: ITP: atd -- Syntax for cross-language data types in OCaml

[Agustin Martin <agmartin@debian.org>]

On Thu, Dec 02, 2010 at 11:56:11AM +0100, Sylvain Le Gall wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Sylvain Le Gall <gildor@debian.org>
> 
> 
> * Package name    : atd
>   Version         : 0.9.2
>   Upstream Author : Martin Jambon
> * URL             : http://oss.wink.com/atd/
> * License         : BSD3
>   Programming Lang: OCaml
>   Description     : Syntax for cross-language data types in OCaml
> 
> ATD stands for Adjustable Type Definitions. It is a type definition
> language designed to accomodate a variety of programming languages and
> data formats by the means of target-specific annotations. It supports
> sum types, parametrized types and inheritance. The library provides a
> parser and other tools useful for manipulating ATD type definitions.
> The reference manual gives a complete description of the syntax. 

One minor thing here,

I do not know if there is a specfic OCaml policy in Debian, but would not 
be better to name this kind of packages ocaml-*? atd seems to short and 
there is a potential for namespace conflicts and confusion that would be 
avoided with something like 'ocaml-atd'. That would also help when 
browsing with package managers.

Same applies to other OCaml packages in the same ITP run.

-- 
Agustin