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 WAA31756; Fri, 5 Dec 2003 22:23:41 +0100 (MET) 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 WAA31821 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 2003 22:23:40 +0100 (MET) Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.171]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id hB5LNdr02633 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 2003 22:23:39 +0100 (MET) Received: from [212.227.126.160] (helo=mrelayng.kundenserver.de) by moutng.kundenserver.de with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1ASNQJ-0003DR-00; Fri, 05 Dec 2003 22:23:39 +0100 Received: from [80.129.106.74] (helo=gate.gerd-stolpmann.de) by mrelayng.kundenserver.de with asmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1ASNQJ-00063r-00; Fri, 05 Dec 2003 22:23:39 +0100 Received: from ice.gerd-stolpmann.de (ice.gerd-stolpmann.de [192.168.0.13]) by gate.gerd-stolpmann.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id B34D856B3; Fri, 5 Dec 2003 22:23:38 +0100 (CET) Received: by ice.gerd-stolpmann.de (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 9E56FB039; Fri, 5 Dec 2003 22:23:37 +0100 (CET) Subject: Re: [Caml-list] GODI news From: Gerd Stolpmann To: Benjamin Geer Cc: Caml list In-Reply-To: <3FCE82D2.3030906@socialtools.net> References: <3FCD21F9.9010100@socialtools.net> <1070495974.9202.101.camel@ice.gerd-stolpmann.de> <3FCE82D2.3030906@socialtools.net> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1070659415.9211.147.camel@ice.gerd-stolpmann.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2003 22:23:36 +0100 X-Provags-ID: kundenserver.de abuse@kundenserver.de auth:a6865a839c0178d9aa0ce41878507ea2 X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 gerd:01 stolpmann:01 gerd:01 stolpmann:01 dependencies:01 tarballs:01 viktoriastr:01 64293:01 darmstadt:01 imho:01 namely:02 wrote:03 wrote:03 account:96 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Don, 2003-12-04 at 01:41, Benjamin Geer wrote: > Gerd Stolpmann wrote: > > And when this works, too, you can send the contents of the godi-foo > > directory to me, and I can integrate it into GODI. > > Thank you, this was very helpful. One question: wouldn't it be better > if I could just send you a URL where the godi-foo directory can be > found? GODI could download a list of those URLs from your web server, > and use it to download the build instructions for each package from the > package maintainer's web server. That way, people could change the > contents of their godi-foo directories (e.g. to change their package's > dependencies) without having to send them to you again. Nice idea. However, I think there are some problems. First, how do you guarantee that the servers for the build instructions are all available? Currently, there is only one critical dependency, namely on ocaml-programming.de, but there could be mirrors. All other files (i.e. the source tarballs) are already available on several file servers. IMHO, collecting the build instructions at a central place is better than a distributed system. Another problem is that I want to have at least minimal control of quality. That means that I want to ensure that a package does not do something harmful, and that some minimum formal properties are ensured, e.g. that the version number is increased when a new version of the package is released. This is more work for me, but I think it is important enough to be done. It is already possible to get an account on my development server, such that the maintainer can update the files himself (using the subversion CMS). 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