From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Original-To: caml-list@sympa.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@sympa.inria.fr Received: from mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.104]) by sympa.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0638A7FD3A for ; Mon, 27 Jun 2016 11:09:33 +0200 (CEST) IronPort-PHdr: 9a23:KQngYBGCCr0fsv7JRIQjwZ1GYnF86YWxBRYc798ds5kLTJ75r8ywAkXT6L1XgUPTWs2DsrQf2rKQ6vmrATxIyK3CmUhKSIZLWR4BhJdetC0bK+nBN3fGKuX3ZTcxBsVIWQwt1Xi6NU9IBJS2PAWK8TWM5DIfUi/yKRBybrysXNWD14Lujqvqq9X6WEZhvHKFe7R8LRG7/036l/I9ps9cEJs30QbDuXBSeu5blitCLFOXmAvgtI/rpMYwuwwZgf8q9tZBXKPmZOx4COUAVHV1e1wyseHisBjOS0Oj4X8dXWgE2k5ECg3E4Re8UpD1syT3pMJ83jObNIv4V+Zndy6l6vJETwT3iSFPKTk/uEvNh8B9lqZcv1r1qBtk3I/SJZ/QPtJhc6mbcd5MFjkJZdpYSyEUWtD0VIAIFedUeL8A94Q= Authentication-Results: mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr; spf=None smtp.pra=goswin-v-b@web.de; spf=Pass smtp.mailfrom=goswin-v-b@web.de; spf=None smtp.helo=postmaster@mout.web.de Received-SPF: None (mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr: no sender authenticity information available from domain of goswin-v-b@web.de) identity=pra; client-ip=217.72.192.78; receiver=mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr; envelope-from="goswin-v-b@web.de"; x-sender="goswin-v-b@web.de"; x-conformance=sidf_compatible Received-SPF: Pass (mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr: domain of goswin-v-b@web.de designates 217.72.192.78 as permitted sender) identity=mailfrom; client-ip=217.72.192.78; receiver=mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr; envelope-from="goswin-v-b@web.de"; x-sender="goswin-v-b@web.de"; x-conformance=sidf_compatible; x-record-type="v=spf1" Received-SPF: None (mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr: no sender authenticity information available from domain of postmaster@mout.web.de) identity=helo; client-ip=217.72.192.78; receiver=mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr; envelope-from="goswin-v-b@web.de"; x-sender="postmaster@mout.web.de"; x-conformance=sidf_compatible X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: A0ACAQDE7HBXhk7ASNlBGoQUfQGnL4piiBWBeyKFdgKBKzgUAQEBAQEBAQERAQEBCAsLCSEvgjKCGwEBBDoyDRALGAklDwUoISeIAQEaBAotuHkfhEEBAQEBBgEBAQEjinWHbIIvBYYEkn2GCIVpgjyBc06EBoJ9CoVghyaIWR6CT4FZbAGJdgEBAQ X-IPAS-Result: A0ACAQDE7HBXhk7ASNlBGoQUfQGnL4piiBWBeyKFdgKBKzgUAQEBAQEBAQERAQEBCAsLCSEvgjKCGwEBBDoyDRALGAklDwUoISeIAQEaBAotuHkfhEEBAQEBBgEBAQEjinWHbIIvBYYEkn2GCIVpgjyBc06EBoJ9CoVghyaIWR6CT4FZbAGJdgEBAQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.26,536,1459807200"; d="scan'208";a="182845917" Received: from mout.web.de ([217.72.192.78]) by mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 27 Jun 2016 11:09:32 +0200 Received: from frosties.localnet ([134.3.242.84]) by smtp.web.de (mrweb103) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0MXHXF-1anweE08kn-00WIfO; Mon, 27 Jun 2016 11:09:31 +0200 Received: from mrvn by frosties.localnet with local (Exim 4.87) (envelope-from ) id 1bHSXp-0006fR-Tw; Mon, 27 Jun 2016 11:09:30 +0200 Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 11:09:29 +0200 From: Goswin von Brederlow To: Damien Doligez Cc: caml users Message-ID: <20160627090929.GB24144@frosties> References: <5E818FB5-6908-4E29-838E-C6A2836F60CE@inria.fr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5E818FB5-6908-4E29-838E-C6A2836F60CE@inria.fr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:3Vlk0MmNv1jwFY/cNhN823tVvuqxTqlK/JLp4TiQRkgNgkrlRFO DxTdtZTKczP/IuAwBHPn+0DR6czQRX62xSrqe9Ma/A1w1e2i4piE9iSKJS/L9xBkTBcMNxt 4W4otZVBFzlmqTJ332wo5duEwO15YEilIxdodIoTM4kHpBZxcpm13gMfJOozULbqPAeSaYv MNAQIxZpszQBtZ3UnjiJA== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:y4pPkuA4t3A=:S/zh5S/rums7B9SXMe+Y0r FelGd4BQWm3OPS7c6gZE2Tz7SEQA180k1Wspvdj/QHb1/rv0KP0U3ygLYV7iHkIdLNW8ffC/o U42xBrC9Oyk0JB+QSiual9JXdeXY/VJHEjUuPT7UJHjkGMt26YsPBYdWlzItLrQN1IanKfuLc cPlWrLmRLJUUR0+ugJOBUJ+UjVE4BBm4g0eshwZFzE70V9KG3do50ef2wNXdEFNQr6tzlQcJW ss4SuhHCdHhrK2zUMKmZKwEncT839Ixu/wuQvxyJZPwtLGpdeHUm6BH5DjTtgAz4Zi1FeTT1+ fZR8yY9fQQQugbkRdb7mHLUw4N391EciIzJCwOt2fGRmYhzng8rG+NzvjBsiCn4MNrBlKScd1 xsfMHtvM/cZUuIfKvf3HBYMViXZhGSdt3d3swQZYzXHSK4QiaPVmtgcN1mn1/o3+8JPswQx09 b8Pu8AKz9ZpJYoauqnCTkoe8pJhoH76Qi5FIuhr0YYrNCbSSj4kKYYTJ3pawegZhD04Jb58WG 5BvA3twk5HiKnxHdnMdzgV/N8tt7pBHWbKsBIw/oPT452ScDzJbyFREDpLMbRxIEGXcKOIVD4 EKNdilLZqRdhGZpsTs4o5a8cJAopmJqkQ+B+HSoBgtR9Qx9UoYbNQp3BjOCgJMdLHRWDTLmKk W0Mjci0vKpsuvgFya7GAZKY5hz97iHgYmDXV8nKq6AfRDTGe4RjdND+6UjXkYqQUea0roPO+d Lk4b02toYiTUjmGXUcpU/XvA8K+GyDMipyuRTvfmZwn6Za0xbdQ6mwLVLdQ= Subject: Re: [Caml-list] About contributions to the Standard Library On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 01:56:43PM +0200, Damien Doligez wrote: > Dear Ocaml contributors and users, > > I would like to call to your attention the section below, > which was recently added to the CONTRIBUTING.md file in the > OCaml source repository. > > Have a nice day, > > -- Damien > > > ## Contributing to the standard library > > Contributions to the standard library are very welcome. There is some > widespread belief in the community than the stdlib is somehow "frozen" > and that its evolutions are mostly driven by the need of the OCaml > compiler itself. Let's be clear: this is just plain wrong. The > compiler is happy with its own local utility functions, and many > recent additions to the stdlib are not used by the compiler. > > Another common and wrong idea is that core OCaml maintainers don't > really care about the standard library. This is not true, and won't > be unless one of the "alternative standard" libraries really gains > enough "market share" in the community. > > So: please contribute! >... Why should we contribute when contibutions are just left to bitrot? Like: http://caml.inria.fr/mantis/view.php?id=4909 which has had a patch for 6 1/2 year that's just left rotting. MfG Goswin