From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55231BC8B for ; Mon, 31 Jan 2005 08:12:15 +0100 (CET) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j0V7CEK9001668 for ; Mon, 31 Jan 2005 08:12:14 +0100 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 IAA19612 for ; Mon, 31 Jan 2005 08:12:14 +0100 (MET) Received: from smtp10.wanadoo.fr (smtp10.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.21]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j0V7CDDS025825 for ; Mon, 31 Jan 2005 08:12:14 +0100 Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf1007.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id D20DF2800144; Mon, 31 Jan 2005 08:12:13 +0100 (CET) Received: from pegasos (AStrasbourg-251-1-65-234.w82-126.abo.wanadoo.fr [82.126.133.234]) by mwinf1007.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id B22F82800143; Mon, 31 Jan 2005 08:12:13 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20050131071213729.B22F82800143@mwinf1007.wanadoo.fr Received: from luther by pegasos with local (Exim 4.43) id 1CvVgS-0008Gu-0a; Mon, 31 Jan 2005 08:09:16 +0100 Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 08:09:15 +0100 To: Stefan Monnier Cc: caml-list@inria.fr, debian-ocaml-maint@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: [Caml-list] binary compatibility of 3.08.3 Message-ID: <20050131070914.GA19902@pegasos> Mail-Followup-To: Stefan Monnier , caml-list@inria.fr, debian-ocaml-maint@lists.debian.org References: <99C2C114-6583-11D9-B72B-000D9345235C@inria.fr> <20050113184137.GA24040@fistandantilus.takhisis.org> <20050113.150239.95895778.garrigue@math.nagoya-u.ac.jp> <20050127.164050.17018072.debian00@tiscali.be> <20050130061126.GA32348@pegasos> <87acqrymh6.fsf-monnier+gmane.comp.lang.caml.inria@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87acqrymh6.fsf-monnier+gmane.comp.lang.caml.inria@gnu.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i From: Sven Luther X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 41FDDA4E.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 41FDDA4D.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 binary:01 sven:01 luther:01 sven:01 luther:01 wrote:01 libdir:01 autobuilders:01 cvs:01 individually:05 problem:05 anyway:05 fixes:06 devel:06 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Level: On Sun, Jan 30, 2005 at 10:28:32AM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > Sure, and that is what we will have to do. This is a lengthy process though, > > and we had hoped to avoid this. This means not only changing the LIBDIR name, > > but also changing the virtual versioned package from ocaml-3.08 to > > ocaml-3.08.3, which our autobuilders still have trouble with. > > Somehow I can't understand why someone would go through so much trouble > when using the name "3.09" instead of "3.08.3" would solve the problem much > more cheaply. well, we have now a devel branch which will maturate in a 3.09 in some time (this summer usually :). This is a good thinf since previously we were forced to get the fixes individually out of CVS. That said, using 3.08.3 or 3.09 is really something fully transparent to the user anyway. Friendly, Sven Luther