On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 02:11:21PM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > > > Then, surely MLChat can be not packaged, or packaged as an example (do > > > we really need it?). > > > > Or simply not ship it. > > Perhaps, we have to look if this is a useful program or not. I'm > defintely against the approach "package this chat program only because > it is written in ocaml", but if it is better than other talk approach > ... why not?
Dimitri wants it, so we'll ship it. > > > If they aren't integrated is probably better to split a binary package > > > for each tool (each of which should depends on the needed libraries) and > > > then have a "cameleon" package which depends only on the _tools_. > > > > That's what I intend to do. > > Agreed, so this tools are not integrated? Right? (this is not a > criticism, I just want to know if there is a single entry point, like an > IDE, or not) They are integrated by the means of the cameleon program and a set of plugins. But they don't have to be: you can run them through cameleon (if you installed it) or separately. > > > OCamlCVS and OCamlmake-o-matic are tools, not libraries. > > OCamlmake-o-matic ok, but from the description of OCamlCVS seems that > there is also a library, have you checked it? Yes, I was wrong indeed, but I'm not in favour of slipping OCamlCVS. > > Stefano, since you already packaged some bits of cameleon, would you like > > to be co-maintainer on it? > > Sure, I've already proposed it IIRC. > BTW, we have to look for some debian 'official' handling of > comaintainership, I've seen something like that somewhere, probably on > the PTS. Using the Uploaders field in debian/control and subscribing to the package via the PTS should suffice. > > I can see if we can store the debian directory in Debian CVS, hence > > we could work in team. > > If not, we can work directly on the upstream CVS, obviously with the > upstream consensus, what do you think about it, Maxence? That would be ideal. > > I can propose a first version of the packaging we would work on. > > Good for me, I've still one package pending (lablgtkmathview) to > complete the 3.06 transition, next I can start looking at cameleon. I'll come up with a first draft in one or two days. Cheers, -- Jérôme Marant
