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=none autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.105]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3313CBC6C for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:16:20 +0100 (CET) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAAEfHnUfRVaK3h2dsb2JhbACQKQEBAQgKKZsd X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,261,1199660400"; d="scan'208";a="21903785" Received: from el-out-1112.google.com ([209.85.162.183]) by mail4-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 28 Jan 2008 21:16:19 +0100 Received: by el-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id r27so307277ele.3 for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:16:18 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.142.187.2 with SMTP id k2mr2686421wff.83.1201551377742; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:16:17 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.142.173.18 with HTTP; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:16:17 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <3a360f590801281216r28ad06f1ufadf4d7ceb74b84c@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:16:17 -0500 From: "Hezekiah M. Carty" Sender: hcarty@mulethief.com To: "Jon Harrop" Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Re: The OCaml Community (aka back from the Developer Days) Cc: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr In-Reply-To: <200801281949.13064.jon@ffconsultancy.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <1201439362.6302.15.camel@Blefuscu> <200801281525.36392.jon@ffconsultancy.com> <200801281949.13064.jon@ffconsultancy.com> X-Google-Sender-Auth: f50c76ca1e8e3875 X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 stdlib:01 bug:01 compiler:01 ocaml:01 stdlib:01 camlp:01 28,:98 wrote:01 wrote:01 caml-list:01 tar:01 library:03 library:03 hints:04 On Jan 28, 2008 2:49 PM, Jon Harrop wrote: > On Monday 28 January 2008 15:43:22 Sylvain Le Gall wrote: > > On 28-01-2008, Jon Harrop wrote: > > > On Monday 28 January 2008 13:35:34 Sylvain Le Gall wrote: > > >> I think we don't have discuss about dropping what is currently in the > > >> standard library. INRIA will keep everything. > > >> ... > > >> Nobody will thrown the standard library. > > > > > > So we cannot fix the stdlib? > > > > Yep, this is what is called "bug compatible" library... But you can > > create one on your own and remove the one from INRIA (hints > > -nopervasives on your compiler command line). > > Then I don't understand how this improves upon the current situation. > My understanding is that the benefits would come from having a richer, community developed "official" OCaml distribution. So the stdlib would stay in place, but extra items would be included as well. For example, package ExtLib and some commonly useful Camlp4 extensions along with the distribution .tar.gz/.exe/.dmg. If I understood the meeting transcription in IRC, the official OCaml folks at INRIA would bless this as the proper way to get and install OCaml once the community structure is in place. -- Hezekiah M. Carty Graduate Research Assistant University of Maryland Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science