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 OAA32676; Fri, 26 Oct 2001 14:13:51 +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 OAA32230 for ; Fri, 26 Oct 2001 14:13:50 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.10.0) with ESMTP id f9QCDmv05056; Fri, 26 Oct 2001 14:13:48 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from xleroy@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id OAA32763; Fri, 26 Oct 2001 14:13:48 +0200 (MET DST) Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 14:13:47 +0200 From: Xavier Leroy To: Hendrik Tews Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] user contributions to the core OCaml distribution? Message-ID: <20011026141347.A32249@pauillac.inria.fr> References: <20011020012347.A29847@quincy.inria.fr> <20011019192854.N9735-100000@shell5.ba.best.com> <20011020172932.A5967@fichte.ai.univie.ac.at> <20011022192533.A12039@quincy.inria.fr> <3BD45932.6D782E08@earthlink.net> <20011024175707.A23319@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> <15319.58040.859039.299169@gargle.gargle.HOWL> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <15319.58040.859039.299169@gargle.gargle.HOWL>; from tews@tcs.inf.tu-dresden.de on Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 12:00:24PM +0200 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk > I think, what is needed is that the ocaml developers give some > guidelines on how we ``small'' ocaml users should proceed, if we > want to contribute something to the ocaml kernel. Here are some suggestions. - Post your feature wish (or your patches, if you've already implemented the feature) to caml-bugs@inria.fr, not caml-list@inria.fr. Messages to caml-bugs are archived and tracked by our bug database, which has special categories for "feature wish" and "wish granted". In contrast, it's all too easy to overlook a message on caml-list, there are so many of them :-) - Be explicit. Use a descriptive "Subject" line, not just "feature wish". Explain why you need the feature, and what your patch actually does. - If the patch is big (more than 100 lines), don't put it in the e-mail (the bug tracking system will truncate the message); put it on a Web or FTP server and include a URL. - You can check the status of your (and others') wishes on the Web, http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs/feature%20wish?user=guest - Don't be disappointed if your wish or patch isn't incorporated in the OCaml working sources. There might be several reasons for this: maybe we don't like the feature; maybe we like it but would implement it differently; maybe we have longer term plans to address the problem; maybe we have higher-priority stuff to deal with; etc. We (the core Caml development team) keep control on what gets in, Consortium or not. In summary: we welcome users' input -- and a clear expression of a need is as valuable to us as a patch -- but still follow a "cathedral" model. Hope this answers the question, - Xavier Leroy ------------------- 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