Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> This is exactly why installing modules under >> /usr/local/lib/ocaml/3.04/ makes sense: when you upgrade to 3.05, >> you can recompile only the modules you want now, and let less used >> modules survive in /usr/local/lib/ocaml/3.04/. If ocaml 3.05 also >> search files under /usr/local/lib/ocaml/3.04/ as a last resort, it >> could find old modules. If by chance they work without being >> compiled against 3.05, they are usable, and if compatibility is >> broken, the fact that they reside under /usr/local/lib/ocaml/3.04/ >> clearly shows that breakage may be due to an OCaml version >> incompatibility, and that this module must be reinstalled. > > Mmm, ok, but this would only make sense if there is a ocaml-3.04 and > a ocaml-3.05 package, thing which i didn't want to do.
I think having simultaneous installs of different versions of ocaml is a good goal. I recently read an article about the popularity of Debian and this kind of thing was cited as one reason -- it is flexible enough to support the tools developers actually need. E.g. it may be very convenient for a developer to have 3.04 and 3.05 installed on the same box, depending on the work they are doing. Of course, this may add more work for the 100% volunteer Debian package managers! It is certainly not required. -- Don't send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The address is there for spammers to harvest. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
