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 AAA17187; Sat, 24 Apr 2004 00:28:41 +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 AAA17473 for ; Sat, 24 Apr 2004 00:28:40 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from mail4.speakeasy.net (mail4.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.204]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i3NMSbYM022479 for ; Sat, 24 Apr 2004 00:28:38 +0200 Received: (qmail 10263 invoked by uid 64014); 23 Apr 2004 22:28:37 -0000 Received: from shawnw@speakeasy.org by mail4.speakeasy.net with AmikaGuardian-Server-2.1.2; 23 Apr 2004 22:28:37 -0000 X-AmikaGuardian-Id: mail4.speakeasy.net108275931626110243 X-AmikaGuardian-Category: AN:Override Structure : 1.95 X-AmikaGuardian-Category: AN:Vectored : 1.95 X-AmikaGuardian-Category: AN:Forwarded Mail : 1.95 X-AmikaGuardian-Category: AN:Override : 1.95 X-AmikaGuardian-Category: AN:Exception : 1.95 X-AmikaGuardian-Action: Do Nothing() Received: from dialup-4.242.105.108.dial1.seattle1.level3.net (HELO sherlock.localdomain) (shawnw@[4.242.105.108]) (envelope-sender ) by mail4.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 23 Apr 2004 22:28:36 -0000 Received: by sherlock.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 502) id 46AD0FBE9; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 15:28:29 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 15:28:29 -0700 From: Shawn Wagner To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] [ANN] The Missing Library Message-ID: <20040423222829.GH848@speakeasy.org> Mail-Followup-To: caml-list@inria.fr References: <20040423185148.GA4434@excelhustler.com> <20040423204115.GA20626@localhost> <20040423211628.GE6783@excelhustler.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040423211628.GE6783@excelhustler.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i X-Miltered: at concorde by Joe's j-chkmail ("http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr")! X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; shawnw:01 caml-list:01 2004:99 extlib:01 extlib:01 bug:01 camomile:01 shawnw:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 speakeasy:01 speakeasy:01 modules:02 wrote:03 library:03 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 04:16:28PM -0500, John Goerzen wrote: > > This remains a reason that the C Extlib has not been packaged, since it > would conflict with the pure OCaml Extlib. I even e-mailed the author > of the C package, and he refused to rename it. I could upload that, and > the FTP masters might possibly even accept it, but it would be > uninstallable on any system that uses the pure OCaml Extlib. That would > be sure to generate some bug reports that could lead to the removal of > the new package (and would certainly prevent it from being released). > I don't understand why my Extlib, which has, as far as I know, been around in one form or another for a lot longer than the other one, and is far more actively maintained and updated, is the one some people think should be renamed. Even if one or the other was renamed, you still couldn't use them together, because they have some modules with the same names. And both have conflicts with other libraries you might want to use (Camomile, for example). Insert standard whine about needing namespace support. -- Shawn Wagner shawnw@speakeasy.org ------------------- 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