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 CAA18827; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 02:34:22 +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 CAA17425 for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 02:34:21 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.188]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i3E0YKYM021265 for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 02:34:20 +0200 Received: from [212.227.126.160] (helo=mrelayng.kundenserver.de) by moutng.kundenserver.de with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1BDYM6-0005kf-00; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 02:34:18 +0200 Received: from [80.129.103.33] (helo=gate.gerd-stolpmann.de) by mrelayng.kundenserver.de with asmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1BDYM6-0005mw-00; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 02:34:18 +0200 Received: from ice.gerd-stolpmann.de (ice.gerd-stolpmann.de [192.168.0.13]) by gate.gerd-stolpmann.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01A5A5816; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 02:34:17 +0200 (CEST) Received: by ice.gerd-stolpmann.de (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 0130BB032; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 02:34:16 +0200 (CEST) Subject: RE: [Caml-list] Re: GODI From: Gerd Stolpmann To: "Brandon J. Van Every" Cc: caml-list@inria.fr In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1081902856.24588.146.camel@ice.gerd-stolpmann.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 02:34:16 +0200 X-Provags-ID: kundenserver.de abuse@kundenserver.de auth:a6865a839c0178d9aa0ce41878507ea2 X-Miltered: at concorde by Joe's j-chkmail ("http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr")! X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 gerd:01 stolpmann:01 2004:99 brandon:99 troestler:01 sven:01 mingw:01 cygwin:01 mingw:01 cygwin:01 gerd:01 stolpmann:01 viktoriastr:01 64293:01 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 294 On Die, 2004-04-13 at 22:45, Brandon J. Van Every wrote: > Christophe TROESTLER wrote: > > > > Sven should say better what is possible but my idea is that GODI and > > the Debian package system talk to each other. > > I am curious if any of these concerns about Package Management will ever > benefit those of us on the Windows platform? And by that, I mean people > who favor standard Windows development approaches, not the MinGW / > Cygwin UNIX lookalike stuff. Reading the GODI web pages, I was not > encouraged that it would happen anytime soon, if at all. I think it is not possible to do it without the "MinGW/Cygwin Unix lookalike stuff". There is a very simple reason: All library authors provide Unix build scripts (i.e. Makefiles using standard Unix commands). GODI just calls these scripts, so you need something like Cygwin to interpret them. The other question is which compiler is used as backend. I can imagine to call MSVC, but there are limitations because of GODI's organization: MSVC costs money. Don't forget that GODI is for free, and there isn't any way to collect money for the necessary licenses. I must admit I would also have problems to motivate myself for such a project. When you look to other languages: There are often commercial interests behind ports to Windows (e.g. ActiveState). I don't think the O'Caml market is ready for such a thing. 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