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 OAA09998; Sat, 19 Jul 2003 14:38:46 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA01748 for ; Sat, 19 Jul 2003 14:38:44 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.189]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id h6JCcif26680 for ; Sat, 19 Jul 2003 14:38:44 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from [212.227.126.160] (helo=mrelayng.kundenserver.de) by moutng.kundenserver.de with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 19dqz3-0007ou-00; Sat, 19 Jul 2003 14:38:41 +0200 Received: from [80.129.102.208] (helo=gate.gerd-stolpmann.de) by mrelayng.kundenserver.de with asmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 19dqz3-0000qB-00; Sat, 19 Jul 2003 14:38:41 +0200 Received: from ice.gerd-stolpmann.de (ice.gerd-stolpmann.de [192.168.0.13]) by gate.gerd-stolpmann.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00D3356EF; Sat, 19 Jul 2003 14:38:38 +0200 (CEST) Received: by ice.gerd-stolpmann.de (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 78F9CB014; Sat, 19 Jul 2003 14:38:37 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Re: [Caml-list] GODI (was: CTAN/CPAN for Caml (COCAN ...?)) From: Gerd Stolpmann To: Fernando Alegre Cc: Shawn Wagner , caml-list@inria.fr In-Reply-To: <20030719121852.GA20766@gaia.cc.gatech.edu> References: <20030715180953.GA8821@redhat.com> <3F17AC55.7050908@ozemail.com.au> <20030718072901.A11777@speakeasy.org> <1058615717.6545.84.camel@ice.gerd-stolpmann.de> <20030719121852.GA20766@gaia.cc.gatech.edu> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1058618316.6556.94.camel@ice.gerd-stolpmann.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.4 Date: 19 Jul 2003 14:38:37 +0200 X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; gerd:01 stolpmann:01 caml-list:01 cpan:01 alegre:01 mandrake:01 on-topic:01 workarounds:01 -pack:01 renaming:01 viktoriastr:01 64293:01 darmstadt:01 linked:01 cmo:01 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk Am Sam, 2003-07-19 um 14.18 schrieb Fernando Alegre: > I use Debian and I am happy, thank you very much, but that's good enough > for me. I guess RedHat/Suse/Mandrake users think similarly, and windows > users... get what they pay for, sorry. I.e. nothing. Debian is the only distribution with good O'Caml packages I know. From a common point of view this is a very unsatisfactory situation, because Debian is not the world. > Packaging is off-topic. The on-topic problem is module naming. If I want > to use two packages in my program, but both have a module called Stuff, > I have a problem. Current workarounds: I would say this is a minor problem, and not even a technical one. Why don't you ask the developers to rename their modules? > 1) Use -pack to wrap all package1 modules under Package1, and all package2 > modules under Package2. Problem: -pack uses a cmo instead of a cma. So, > many unnecessary modules might be linked into my program. This affects > compilation time and size, but it should not affect run time. > > 2) Manually rename some modules. Problem: Each time I upgrade, I have to > do the renaming again. Time-consuming. > > The on-topic question is: Is there something better that the OCaml developers > could provide without taking them too much effort? User-only solutions are > not going to make it. Gerd -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Gerd Stolpmann * Viktoriastr. 45 * 64293 Darmstadt * Germany gerd@gerd-stolpmann.de http://www.gerd-stolpmann.de ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------- 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