On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 09:32:23PM +0100, Jérôme Marant wrote: > Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> We can provide an Ocaml plus a CVS snapshot of OCaml which > >> won't get any support for our libraries. So, we wouldn't > >> need that. > > > > Well, the real problem is for when migrating between different ocaml > > versions. We have currently ocaml 3.06-1, and a set of libraries around > > that that. Once i upload 3.07, there will be a new set of libraries, but > > the old one will still be available until all libraries and apps are > > rebuilt with the new ocaml and libraries. > > There isn't any problem: when you upload a 3.07, libraries depending on > 3.06 become uninstallable. So you can have nothing but those choices: > - not upgrading to 3.07 (holding ocaml) > - upgrading to 3.07 which makes all libraries being vanished. > > So, it doesn't break anything and this is what we want (that is, we can > never have 3.06-built libs and ocaml 3.07 installed at a time).
Yes, that is what we decided previously, you were the one asking about it. Also, i was thinking about easying the unstable->testing migration. > > Now, it comes to the case of third parties apps, like the ones remi > > uses, which need the old ocaml runtime, and the the corresponding > > libraries also. > > He need to rebuilt those third pary apps against the new ocaml. > This is how unstable works. Yes, but when he does not have the sources ? > >> No need to make things more difficult than they are. > > > > You were the one pointing the C library case. > > > > We have the same problem as them. > > Do you mean the .so problem? If so, it is another story. Yes, ... Friendly, Sven Luther
