Hi, I am very late to the party.
On Fri, 16 Jun 2023 at 04:32, pukkamustard <pukkamust...@posteo.net> wrote: > I think it's time to start an `ocaml-team` (or `ocaml-updates`) branch > to collect some bigger updates and changes to the OCaml packages in > Guix. I think that’s a great idea. :-) Any progress on this? > * Remove most ocaml4.07-* and ocaml4.09 packages > - We only want to keep the compiler around for bootstrapping purposes. Currently camlboot is used by ocaml-4.07-boot used by ocaml-4.07. But then version 4.09 and later and not bootstrapped; well they use the upstream bootstrap (which is boot/ocamlc and friends IIRC). Well, independently of this upgrade plan, the OCaml bootstrap could be the chain 4.07 -> 4.09 -> … and I do not know if 4.09 would be enough for 4.14. And if 4.14 would also be enough for 5. That’s said, aside this bootstrapping consideration, I am in favor to remove 4.07 and 4.09 OCaml packages. > * Split packages from (gnu packages ocaml) into multiple modules. Maybe > in following modules: > > - (gnu packages ocaml): For the compiler and core dev packages (opam, > dune, merlin) > - (gnu packages ocaml-boot): For the 4.07 and 4.09 compilers > - (gnu packages ocaml-xyz): Everything else This split makes sense to me. Do we create the branch ocaml-team for doing this plan? Cheers, simon
