It looks like, that currently the `-g` option has no performance cost at all (correct me if I’m wrong). Presumably, there is some increase in the package size, but who cares. With these premises, I think it would be a good policy to distribute packages with `-g` flag enabled.
> On Mar 12, 2016, at 4:35 PM, Daniel Bünzli <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hello, > > I'd like to know what the consensus is about distributing packages that > always compile in debug mode. It seems that some persons do want to have > debug always enabled [1,2], but the discussion is not clear cut [1]. > > By default all my packages are released with -g disabled. It seems easy > enough to have an opam switch (even the official one) that automatically > enables the flag. > > So I think OCaml's opam repository should have a policy here. The answer > should also take system package managers into account since those pull > directly from the tarballs (if this document [3] is still in use for debian > it seems they do require compilation with debug mode). > > Personally I don't have an opinion about it, I'm rather seeking an answer > here. > > Best, > > Daniel > > [1] http://caml.inria.fr/mantis/view.php?id=6728 > [2] http://rgrinberg.com/blog/2016/02/26/opam-package-checklist/ > [3] > http://pkg-ocaml-maint.alioth.debian.org/ocaml_packaging_policy.html/c305.html#AEN307 > > > > -- > Caml-list mailing list. Subscription management and archives: > https://sympa.inria.fr/sympa/arc/caml-list > Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners > Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs _______________________________________________ Platform mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ocaml.org/listinfo/platform
