From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from discorde.inria.fr (discorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.38]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8898FBC0A for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2006 22:28:59 +0100 (CET) Received: from furbychan.cocan.org (furbychan.cocan.org [80.68.91.176]) by discorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id kBILSweJ032060 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2006 22:28:59 +0100 Received: from rich by furbychan.cocan.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1GwQ2c-0005cH-00 for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2006 21:28:58 +0000 Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 21:28:58 +0000 To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] OCaml on Debian or Ububtu (reprise) Message-ID: <20061218212858.GB7742@furbychan.cocan.org> References: <20061218002708.GA16314@apotheon.com> <20061218195207.GK21840@patate.is-a-geek.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061218195207.GK21840@patate.is-a-geek.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i From: Richard Jones X-Miltered: at discorde with ID 4587081A.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 0100,:01 cristau:01 ocaml:01 parsers:01 trivial:01 wholly:98 blog:98 blog:98 wrote:01 wrote:01 caml-list:01 incompatible:01 strong:96 inherits:03 On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 08:52:07PM +0100, Julien Cristau wrote: > On Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 17:27:08 -0700, Chad Perrin wrote: > > > Some of this may apply to OCaml, and how you intend to make use of > > OCaml. For instance, assuming strong support for OCaml in both Ubuntu > > and Debian, Ubuntu is likely to get new versions of OCaml tools, > > libraries, and parsers more quickly than the main Debian release > > branches (Stable and Testing, specifically), while with Debian they're > > likely to be more stable when first introduced. Also, while wholly new > > tools related to OCaml development will be more likely to be eventually > > included in Debian, they'll typically show up more quickly in Ubuntu (if > > they show up at all). > > > I don't think that's true. > As far as I know, Ubuntu doesn't have any people involved in ocaml > packaging, so the ocaml-related packages in Ubuntu are just those taken > from Debian every few months. I've yet to see a case where Ubuntu gets > a new version of an ocaml package more quickly than Debian. This is definitely true. The Debian-ocaml-maint team does superb work in bringing OCaml and a whole array of packages to Debian. Ubuntu "inherits" these packages, and sometimes they are broken, as for instance they are right now in Ubuntu Edgy (incompatible versions of various key libraries are installed, making building anything more complex than a trivial program impossible). Rich. -- Richard Jones, CTO Merjis Ltd. Merjis - web marketing and technology - http://merjis.com Internet Marketing and AdWords courses - http://merjis.com/courses - NEW! Merjis blog - http://blog.merjis.com - NEW!