From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id VAA12974; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 21:17:37 +0100 (MET) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA13065 for ; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 21:17:36 +0100 (MET) Received: from host07.ipowerweb.com (host07.ipowerweb.com [12.129.206.107]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id h1OKHYH21242 for ; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 21:17:35 +0100 (MET) Received: from rouaix.net1.nerim.net ([213.41.136.224] helo=rouaix.org) by host07.ipowerweb.com with asmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 18nP1l-0003bm-00 for caml-list@inria.fr; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 12:16:42 -0800 Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 21:17:33 +0100 Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Alternative proposal: COAN Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v551) From: Francois Rouaix To: caml-list@inria.fr Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In-Reply-To: <14397.1046105688@saul.cis.upenn.edu> Message-Id: <02103BF1-4835-11D7-B97A-000A95773ED2@rouaix.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.551) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - host07.ipowerweb.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - inria.fr X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [0 0] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - rouaix.org Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk I think that Benjamin has an excellent point here. As much as I curse CPAN on a regular basis (e.g. for forcing 5.8.0 on=20 me), I wouldn't even touch Perl or Perl based apps if it wasn't for=20 CPAN and the easiness that it brings for the installation of apps and=20 libraries that have non-trivial requirements. I'd say that the discussions on licences are a waste of time; I think I=20= can predict that with more than 40 OSI approved licenses around and=20 more non-OSI licenses available, there will never be a strong majority=20= to agree for a specific license for a hypothetical extended OCaml=20 library. What could be done is exactly what Benjamin suggests. To some extent,=20 the hump has a few of these functonalities. I'd push for "standard=20 installation procedures" as being part of the minimum. My $0.02... --f Fran=E7ois Rouaix > The minimal functionality that seems needed is something like this: > - a single repository (on somebody's web server, or maybe=20 > SourceForge) > where stuff lives > - an easy way for authors to upload stuff to the repository (and to > re-upload new versions of their stuff) > - an easy way for users to browse and download stuff > - some way (at least informal) to indicate dependencies between one > thing and another in the repository > > Of course, much more functionality could be imagined and wished for > (e.g., a machine-readable representation of dependencies, provisions=20= > for > mutiple versions, standard installation procedures, documentation > standards, etc., etc.), but all that can be added later, in light of > experience. For now, let's let a thousand flowers bloom... and just > encourage them to bloom in the same garden! > > - Benjamin= ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners