On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 05:14:00PM +0200, Sven LUTHER wrote: [...] > So, the long term goal is to have all packages install the stublibs into > the standard place (and have all hand installed stuff put them into > /usr/local/lib/ocaml/<version_number>/stublibs), so there is no more > complex ld.conf handling necessary. > Ocaml-ldconf will include these two dirs as hardcoded in ocaml-ldconf > generating /usr/lib/ocaml/ld.conf (from the /etc and the /var ones, as > before). > > We need to keep the current scheme going though, because it can server > other purposes, and to keep backward compatibility with older libs, to > give a breathing time for library maintainer before they have to change > their packages acordyingly. (as an example, i did change mlgtk so it now > complies to the new scheme, but i have keept camlzip still complying to > the old scheme). > > Does this clarify things for you, or should i give more precisions ? In > the later case, please tell me what exactly is that needs clarification, > so i can respond to those questions.
Thanks for these explanations. [...] > The only real problem is that the new scheme does not really need this > complexity anymore, so we will slowly phase it out, but keep it around > in a working phase for exceptional uses and for easing the transition > phase on library maintainers. There are at least 2 alternatives: a. a centralized clean-up, performed for instance by ocaml-base postinst b. all libraries perform their own clean up. If you choose (b), then calls to dh_ocamlld must be put in debian/rules until sarge is released, and ocaml_packaging_policy must document this practice. OTOH with (a) there is no transition phase except for ocaml-base. IMHO (a) ease maintainers' life. Denis
