On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 11:14:50AM -0500, Maxence Guesdon wrote: > > > > > Since ocamldoc should be added to the ocaml distribution when it's stable (which > > > i hope won't be long), i think you can use some 'dirty tricks' to package this >preversion > > > of ocamldoc. But i don't know if these dirty tricks fit the debian policy :-) > > > > Mmm, no i am not sure this is the right idea. Debian's woody freeze is > > approaching, and i would much prefer to do it right from the begining, so we > > have no problem later one, and all our stuff goes into the freeze. > I understand :-)
:))) > > Maxence, when do you plan to take ocamldoc out of the 'not stable' phase ? And > > do you think when this happens, things will be different for the build process > > and it will not depend on the ocaml source by then ? > I will consider ocamldoc as stable when my to do list entries are completed, and > some of the users will have reported me minor bugs, which i will correct to get > a stable release. Then, ocamldoc will be included in the ocaml distribution and > will be built with the toplevel 'make' in the ocaml directory, so there will be > just one package (i suppose). Mmm, this makes me wonder if it is a good idea to package it in th4e meantime. > > Also, do you have any idea of what the politics are for the useage of ocaml > > source for other projects ? I know there are other caml programs that have the > > same problem, and there are a pain to package in debian. Maybe we should find > > a common solution for all of those. > I don't know, but we could talk about it at the JFLAs, with the guys using OCaml > in industry. Will you be there ? Sadly not, i did not manage to finish the article i wanted to submit there in time, and as thus i cannot go. I hope to go next year though. I had not mucvh time to go on with the ocaml association also, sadly, ... But it is an important question to ask. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
