Hi, If I understand the Debian OCaml Packaging Policy correctly, .cma files should be in libxxx-ocaml-dev binary packages. Has this choice been taken with dynamic loading in mind?
Ocsigen may, and does with its default configuration and in the most useful cases, dynamically load nums.cma, sqlite3.cma, and cryptokit.cma, the last two being in *-dev packages. However, I think this is confusing: is it ok for an executable to depend on *-dev packages at runtime? When OCaml with native dynamic loading is realeased, where so-called "plugins" (.cmxs, I am not talking about .cmx files!) should be put? libxxx-ocaml or libxxx-ocaml-dev? The second choice would be meaningless, since .cmxs are only meant to be dynamically loaded. And the first choice would be inconsistent with the current choice for .cma files. Therefore, I think .cma files should be put in libxxx-ocaml binary packages instead, or at least this possibility should be allowed and explicitly mentioned in the policy. Cheers, -- Stéphane Glondu
