From: Markus Mottl <markus@mail4.ai.univie.ac.at>
To: Alain Frisch <frisch@clipper.ens.fr>
Cc: Caml list <caml-list@inria.fr>
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Libraries in the distribution
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 20:07:10 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010823200710.A8319@chopin.ai.univie.ac.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.04.10108231837060.26026-100000@clipper.ens.fr>; from frisch@clipper.ens.fr on Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 19:37:49 +0200
On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Alain Frisch wrote:
> I think it is best to keep the OCaml distribution as small as possible,
> and to facilitate the installation of other packages.
I fully second this. Though I wouldn't mind PCRE being integrated
into the standard distribution, I'd strongly prefer a convenient and
safe packaging system. This is actually the top entry on my wish list,
because I consider this the feature that would most likely make OCaml
attractive to the mainstream.
Today there are _plenty_ of OCaml-libraries floating around for the most
varied purposes. Still, each of them comes with a non-standard way of
installation (if at all...!). This is a _severe_ obstacle to exploiting
the merits of free software development.
> The current CDK approach seems a bit unrealistic to me: will a few
> people take in charge the integration of all 3rd party packages ?
> Something like CPAN seems more promising.
I agree.
> (I don't see how it could work without the support or at least an
> initial impulsion from the Caml team, but they have probably more
> interesting things to do. Maybe if would be in the interest of the
> Caml Consortium to coordinate 3rd party efforts; is the status of the
> Consortium a public information ?)
Development of "social tools" would certainly be very beneficial for
industrial use: fewer hassles for employed programmers, more available
software, potentially more OCaml-programmers that can be hired, etc.
I don't think it would be terribly expensive to let somebody do it. The
Consortium should be very interested in funding such efforts.
Regards,
Markus Mottl
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-08-23 18:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-08-23 17:37 Alain Frisch
2001-08-23 18:05 ` Miles Egan
2001-08-23 18:07 ` Markus Mottl [this message]
2001-08-24 15:33 ` Fabrice Le Fessant
2001-08-23 18:32 Krishnaswami, Neel
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