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=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.105]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7392CBBAF for ; Sun, 6 Sep 2009 11:56:39 +0200 (CEST) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: An8AAEsko0qNGkAPhWdsb2JhbACQDYsvAQEBCgsKGgW6ToQYBYFU X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.44,341,1249250400"; d="scan'208";a="46085193" Received: from deliver.uni-koblenz.de ([141.26.64.15]) by mail4-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 06 Sep 2009 11:56:39 +0200 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by deliver.uni-koblenz.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7277C789B987 for ; Sun, 6 Sep 2009 11:56:38 +0200 (CEST) Received: from deliver.uni-koblenz.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (deliver.uni-koblenz.de [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 07933-07 for ; Sun, 6 Sep 2009 11:56:37 +0200 (CEST) X-CHKRCPT: Envelopesender vrfy feucht@uni-koblenz.de Received: from [192.168.1.37] (dslb-094-221-101-074.pools.arcor-ip.net [94.221.101.74]) (using SSLv3 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by deliver.uni-koblenz.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5F4B78940F0 for ; Sun, 6 Sep 2009 11:56:37 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Why don't you use batteries? From: Philip To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr In-Reply-To: <4A9FBF04.1060608@gmail.com> References: <4A9FBF04.1060608@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 06 Sep 2009 11:56:37 +0200 Message-Id: <1252230997.19929.27.camel@io> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at uni-koblenz.de X-Spam: no; 0.00; dependencies:01 camlp:01 beginner's:01 ocaml:01 bug:01 2009:98 edgar:98 1.0:98 beginners:01 wrote:01 compile:01 caml-list:01 caml-list:01 executables:01 bin:01 maybe its the wrong question. what about: how (ie in which projects, success-stories) do you use batteries? Philip On Thu, 2009-09-03 at 09:05 -0400, Edgar Friendly wrote: > It seems like batteries' adoption isn't quite as thorough as expected. > We in the batteries devel team would love to know why you don't use > batteries. Here's some of our guesses: > > 1) I *do* use batteries > 2) It's not 1.0 yet, I'll try it then > 3) It makes my executables too big > 4) It's too hard to install (dependencies, godi failures) > 5) It's difficult to compile against > 6) It doesn't work on my platform > 7) It uses camlp4 > 8) Other (please explain) > > Respond in public if appropriate, respond directly to me if you want. > Now's a good time to think about where batteries is going and how it's > getting there. > > E > > _______________________________________________ > Caml-list mailing list. Subscription management: > http://yquem.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/caml-list > Archives: http://caml.inria.fr > Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners > Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs