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 PAA01594; Thu, 6 Feb 2003 15:20:55 +0100 (MET) 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 PAA14883 for ; Thu, 6 Feb 2003 15:20:54 +0100 (MET) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id h16EKsf25889 for ; Thu, 6 Feb 2003 15:20:54 +0100 (MET) Received: (from xleroy@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id PAA02103 for caml-list@inria.fr; Thu, 6 Feb 2003 15:20:53 +0100 (MET) Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 15:20:53 +0100 From: Xavier Leroy To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Future of Camlp4 Message-ID: <20030206152053.A32089@pauillac.inria.fr> References: <20030206132829.G19706@verdot.inria.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <20030206132829.G19706@verdot.inria.fr>; from daniel.de_rauglaudre@inria.fr on Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 01:28:29PM +0100 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk As release manager of the OCaml distribution, the time has come to make a clear statement on this Camlp4 issue. In 2001, both Daniel de Rauglaudre (the designer and implementor of Camlp4) and the rest of the OCaml development team agreed to integrate the distribution of Camlp4 within the OCaml distribution. The primary goal was to enhance the users' experience by making it much easier to install Camlp4. Other goals included giving greater visibility to Daniel's excellent, high-quality work on Camlp4. I believe these goals were met beyond original expectations, and the merge was beneficial to all parties involved. Later, Daniel proposed that Camlp4 should be removed from the OCaml distribution, and again be distributed separately. The other OCaml developers, as well as those users that voiced their opinions on this mailing list, were not favorable to this split, as it appeared (to them) to be a step backwards. Merging Camlp4 and OCaml was a collective decision. Undoing this merge would have to be a collective decision also, and no such decision has been taken. Daniel disagrees with this, and threatens to stop working on Camlp4 as a consequence. That is his right, but this threat isn't going to change the decision. Camlp4 remains part of the OCaml distribution, and will be maintained like everything else. Yes, it will probably not evolve as quickly as if Daniel was still working on it. and Daniel's programming talents will be missed. However, all the features of the current Camlp4 (that from release 3.06 of OCaml) will still be available and properly maintained in the future releases of OCaml. Hope this clears up the uncertainty and doubts. - Xavier Leroy ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners