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 PAA15175; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 15:57:19 +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 PAA15181 for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 15:57:18 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from beaune.inria.fr (beaune.inria.fr [128.93.8.3]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.10.0) with ESMTP id f8SDvH522322 for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 15:57:17 +0200 (MET DST) Received: by beaune.inria.fr (8.8.8/1.1.22.3/14Sep99-0328PM) id PAA0000014253; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 15:57:12 +0200 (MET DST) Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 15:57:12 +0200 (MET DST) From: Damien Doligez Message-Id: <200109281357.PAA0000014253@beaune.inria.fr> To: caml-list@inria.fr, jhw@wetware.com Subject: Re: [Caml-list] findlib and mac os x frameworks/bundles/applications Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk >From: james woodyatt >I've come to the point where I better start caring about how I will go >about deploying my software. My preferred development environment is >Mac OS X, which already has a convention for deploying software >applications, bundles and frameworks. I have no need (or burning >desire) to deploy on any other platforms. >On the other hand, I see Gerd Stolpmann's findlib tool, and I see this >is a popular package management system for Ocaml software. I would say these two distribution formats have very different purposes. Apple's bundles and packages are most useful for easy installation of stand-alone applications. findlib is for managing libraries that are going to be used by programmers. I think you should use an Apple-style package if you're distributing an application targetting the end user (in which case ease of installation is very important), and a findlib package if your product is a library to be used by other programmers (in which case reading the docs and typing a few command lines to a shell prompt is not a big deal). -- Damien ------------------- 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