From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.104]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01971BBC1 for ; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:30:34 +0100 (CET) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgoCABvl2EfU4366nmdsb2JhbACBWI8ZAQEBAQEGBAYHChiXRAE X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,495,1199660400"; d="scan'208";a="10229313" Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.186]) by mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 13 Mar 2008 16:30:34 +0100 Received: from gate.lan.gerd-stolpmann.de (dslb-084-059-108-226.pools.arcor-ip.net [84.59.108.226]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mrelayeu2) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MKwtQ-1JZpNZ3dTm-00040u; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:30:02 +0100 Received: from [192.168.0.32] (fw.lan.gerd-stolpmann.de [192.168.1.1]) by gate.lan.gerd-stolpmann.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82EACC074; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:30:01 +0100 (CET) Subject: Re: [Caml-list] OSR: META files for packages containing syntax extensions From: Gerd Stolpmann To: Stefano Zacchiroli Cc: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr In-Reply-To: <20080313150549.GA15068@takhisis.invalid> References: <98095.73991.qm@web54601.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <20080313150549.GA15068@takhisis.invalid> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:30:46 +0100 Message-Id: <1205422246.31340.1.camel@flake.lan.gerd-stolpmann.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/aV1jej54KGe1kDxHM1S1m9WbRGEtjThJpYJi C21UxXeQV19gLc4GTsssBSFDua8SpZW0jZE0meKiOVCUeQt8sm Hw8Xad/vwCf2m7kfizuFvi4+abqdnUk X-Spam: no; 0.00; syntax:01 gerd:01 stolpmann:01 donnerstag:01 zacchiroli:01 findlib:01 camlp:01 gerd:01 findlib:01 syntax:01 stolpmann:01 viktoriastr:01 64293:01 darmstadt:01 6151:01 Am Donnerstag, den 13.03.2008, 16:05 +0100 schrieb Stefano Zacchiroli: > On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 12:40:30PM +0000, Dario Teixeira wrote: > > Though the Findlib manual describes the Camlp4 support as being > > experimental [2], it works well enough in practice to warrant a more > > widespread use. > > I've nothing in contrary this wonderful proposal, even because in Debian > we have been fans of META files since the very beginning, requiring them > as per our internal policy. > > Nevertheless, a paragraph like the above one IMO needs to be backed by > Gerd, as the author of findlib. I won't base a proposal like yours on > something which is still declared to be experimental. This is outdated. It's not experimental anymore. I should describe the syntax extension feature at a better place in the manual than an FAQ. Gerd -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Gerd Stolpmann * Viktoriastr. 45 * 64293 Darmstadt * Germany gerd@gerd-stolpmann.de http://www.gerd-stolpmann.de Phone: +49-6151-153855 Fax: +49-6151-997714 ------------------------------------------------------------