Hi, 2012/9/21 Hendrik Tews <[email protected]>: > Sylvain Le Gall <[email protected]> writes: > > Here is the list of packages that have no other uploaders > after this operation: > > * ocamlp3l > > I can find camlp3l and ocamlp3l, but no Debian package of that > name. Where is this?
In the git repository only, I suppose. I just went through my "git checkout"ed packages, so maybe it has never been released. > > Sylvain, for the orphaned packages, could you comment on which > are actively maintained upstream? > > This is only IMHO, as a matter of fact an OCaml package that has not been updated for years doesn't mean it is orphaned upstream: Active upstream with releases: * camomile * ocaml-extunix * ocaml-sqlexpr * ounit * sexplib310 * uuidm Active upstream without many releases: * ocaml-benchmark * atdgen * biniou * caml2html * camlmix * cppo * easy-format * mikmatch * ocaml-atd * ocamlgsl Inactive or MIA upstream: * ocaml-deriving * ocaml-dbus * ocaml-inifiles * ocaml-inotify * tophide * xstr * xstrp4 * yojson * ocamlp3l Don't know: * gmetadom > * sexplib310 > > Sexplib and typeconf has been included into Jane Streets Core. Am > I right in assuming that the next janest-core packge will provide > sexplib310 and type-conf? > It remains separate packages. Jane Street provides (AFAIK), either a big archive containing all its libraries or a set of smaller archives (type-conv, binprot, sexplib, core...). Also, since they all have adopted the same numbering scheme (108.01), you can choose to migrate to the whole archive. > > To judge the importance of the orphaned packages, I made the > following table: > > Popcon Squeeze? reverse dep > > atdgen 9 > biniou 27 atdgen yojson > caml2html 6 easy-format biniou ocaml-atd yojson atdgen > camlmix 1 caml2html easy-format biniou ocaml-atd > yojson atdgen > camomile 413 yes ocaml-batteries > cppo 5 > easy-format 1 biniou OCaml-atd yojson atdgen > gmetadom 14410 yes lablgtkmathview > mikmatch 5 > ocaml-atd 9 > ocaml-benchmark 17 yes > ocaml-dbus 36 yes > ocaml-deriving 4 > ocaml-extunix 11 > ocamlgsl 66 yes orpie > ocaml-inifiles 7 > ocaml-inotify 18 yes > ocaml-sqlexpr 5 > ounit 225 yes cudf ocaml-expect ocaml-extunix > ocaml-reins > sexplib310 58 yes occinelle > tophide 5 > uuidm 24 yes > xstr 70 yes > xstrp4 3 > yojson 26 atdgen > > > Many of these packages have a rather low popcon count, but many > of them are not in Squeeze, so their popularity might rise after > the release. Popcon count for OCaml packages, in general, is quite low. OCaml libraries remain in the long tail of package installed. I think this is related to the "static compilation" scheme of OCaml. Since you don't need to install a library along the program that uses it, you only count "dev machine" that will install your package. And OCaml Debian computer used for development around the world is probably a small percent of Debian computer using the libraries. Although, this is only my take on this. > > In the above list, only sexplib310, camomile, gmetadom and > ocamlgsl have reverse dependencies not in the list. That is only > removing sexplib310, camomile, gmetadom or ocamlgsl will affect > packages not in this list. > > Depending on time I probably have a look at one or the other > package. > Thx for the analysis. Sylvain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOCAUGNMmB3T-GLvTgp76Z7nPpzp1WfC4GOVpFsVWcsit8=s...@mail.gmail.com
