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 QAA30226; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 16:14:56 +0100 (MET) 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 QAA13430 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 16:14:55 +0100 (MET) Received: from mwinf0302.wanadoo.fr (smtp3.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.28]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i2JFFOKW017607 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 16:15:25 +0100 Received: from lambda (AStrasbourg-206-1-25-146.w81-50.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.50.188.146]) by mwinf0302.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 4D406C000238; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 16:14:54 +0100 (CET) Received: from luther by lambda with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1B4LiJ-0006s3-00; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 16:15:11 +0100 Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 16:15:11 +0100 To: Fernando Alegre Cc: Sven Luther , Richard Jones , caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Modules and namespaces Message-ID: <20040319151511.GB26339@lambda> References: <200403191049.27133.wolfgang.mueller2@uni-bayreuth.de> <20040319101931.GA10938@redhat.com> <20040319104514.GA21926@lambda> <20040319135642.GA22254@gaia.cc.gatech.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040319135642.GA22254@gaia.cc.gatech.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i From: Sven Luther X-Miltered: at nez-perce by Joe's j-chkmail ("http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr")! X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 namespaces:01 sven:01 luther:01 sven:01 luther:01 2004:99 alegre:01 stdlib:01 clashes:01 usr:01 ocaml:01 modules:02 external:03 conf:03 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 234 On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 08:56:42AM -0500, Fernando Alegre wrote: > === > > A stdlib switch is what Sven is asking above. > > Both switches, along with pack, is all we need to create our custom > packaging/namespace management systems independently of INRIA. What do you > think? > > These switches would also be policy-neutral, so that nobody is _forced_ to > use GODI, debian packages or any other middleware if they do not fit their > environment, but still allow people to use external libraries without fear > of namespace clashes. Nope, what i want is the $OCAMLPATH env var, or a similar mechanism, maybe configured in /etc/ocaml.conf or whatever. Sure, this can be achieved by using explicit path to those sysadmin installed libraries in /usr/local, but it is less convenient. Friendly, Sven Luther ------------------- 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