On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 12:50:22PM -0400, Eric Cooper wrote: > On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 06:41:13PM +0200, Ralf Treinen wrote: > > In fact I am a bit surprised that packages actually build-depend > > on ocaml-tools. I had expected that people install the package just > > to have the latest version of ocamlmakefile around, and then copy the > > file into their project when they start a new one (as one does it > > for instance with config.sub and config.guess). > > > > % grep-dctrl -s Package -F Build-Depends ocaml-tools > > /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.fr.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_main_source_Sources > > Package: approx > > Package: missinglib > > Package: ocaml-sha > > Package: ocaml-sqlite > > Package: pycaml > > Package: regexp-pp > > Package: syslog-ocaml > > > > I guess these build-dependencies are due to ocamlmakefile. > > Well, I'm responsible for 3 of these :-), and I have an aversion to > copying anything when it can be installed once in /usr/share. A > holdover attitude from the days of small hard disks, I suppose.
OK. I won't update ocaml-tools before the new ocamlmakefile and cmigrep packages have passed the NEW queue, and then send a notification to all maintainers of packages that build-depend on ocaml-tools. -Ralf. -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
