On Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 09:40:06AM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 08:59:33PM +0100, Ralf Treinen wrote: > > I do not think that we should change that behaviour. IMHO, this > > package is rather useful for for ocaml programmers who wish to have > > the latest version of that file for their own projects, > > independently of whether this is for building debian packages or > > not. So we shouldn't deviate from OCamlMakfile's standard behaviour > > without a very good reason. If you believe that it is *in general* a > > bad idea to use CUSTIM_MODE than this should be fixed by upstream. > > Full ACK. > Debian policy is no reason to change the default behavior that users > might rely upon. > > Still, I do think it is an upstream bug, because custom executables > are not deprecated by us, but by OCaml upstream with the introduction > of the C stubs mechanism (paraphrasing Xavier). So a communication > with upstream asking to change the default might be appropriate.
OK, in this case I will be happy to contact Markus and ask him to change this upstream. Do you have any reference on custom executables being deprecated by ocaml upstream? -Ralf. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
