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 AAA12544; Fri, 24 Aug 2001 00:11:38 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA12642 for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2001 00:11:37 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from www.invert.com (invert.com [209.164.21.15]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.10.0) with ESMTP id f7NMBaX06363 for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2001 00:11:36 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from miles@localhost) by www.invert.com (8.10.1/8.10.1AA) id f7NMBZN09030 for caml-list@inria.fr; Thu, 23 Aug 2001 15:11:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from miles) Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 15:11:35 -0700 From: Miles Egan To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] standard regex package Message-ID: <20010823151135.B8952@caddr.com> References: <3750.998602056@saul.cis.upenn.edu> <01082400035105.02716@ice> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <01082400035105.02716@ice>; from info@gerd-stolpmann.de on Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 11:49:50PM +0200 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 11:49:50PM +0200, Gerd Stolpmann wrote: > Because these questions are difficult, findlib does not include versioned > dependencies (but it includes versions as such, and dependencies as such). So > it requires still an intelligent operator that helps finding the right versions. One danger in developing such a system is that you'll wind up duplicating the rather extensive functionality of existing package management systems. RPM and DEB both handle these kinds of dependencies and are fairly complex systems for it. CPAN has its shortcomings, but it also works suprisingly well most of the time. I think you should at least consider taking a "worse-is-better" approach and build something that works and leave the delicate dependency management to the distribution packagers. -- miles "We in the past evade X, where X is something which we believe to be a lion, through the act of running." - swiftrain@geocities.com ------------------- Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr