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=0.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,SPF_SOFTFAIL 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 EB99EBC37 for ; Fri, 4 Sep 2009 16:38:58 +0200 (CEST) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApECAK/CoErRVdS6kWdsb2JhbACbAD8BAQEBCQsKBxMDrgaHRIhKhBsF X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.44,333,1249250400"; d="scan'208";a="46029369" Received: from mail-vw0-f186.google.com ([209.85.212.186]) by mail4-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 04 Sep 2009 16:38:58 +0200 Received: by vws16 with SMTP id 16so1149258vws.1 for ; Fri, 04 Sep 2009 07:38:57 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: hcarty@mulethief.com Received: by 10.150.174.31 with SMTP id w31mr5992141ybe.117.1252075137221; Fri, 04 Sep 2009 07:38:57 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20090904141008.GC22690@annexia.org> References: <4A9FBF04.1060608@gmail.com> <20090904105505.055ec82e@attale.agematis.loc> <4AA0DEB4.6020307@glondu.net> <7d8707de0909040326x37d455cdi9f480b2b5da96b20@mail.gmail.com> <20090904141008.GC22690@annexia.org> From: "Hezekiah M. Carty" Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 09:38:37 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: aa14a264a8f549a4 Message-ID: <3a360f590909040738g5b481822q1c25d69548233bbb@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Why don't you use batteries? To: Richard Jones Cc: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 ocaml:01 2009:98 customized:98 wrote:01 caml-list:01 consistent:02 perhaps:05 fri:05 bits:05 install:05 simpler:05 sep:06 batteries:91 batteries:91 On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 9:10 AM, Richard Jones wrote: > Give them a live CD. > > There are various online projects where you can create live CDs with a > custom set of packages via a webpage.[1] > > A live CD is actually better than relying on them trying to install > something under Windows, because you're guaranteeing a consistent > environment. =C2=A0And you can provide them with customized bits too (lik= e > the coursework!) > > If you provide the live CD as both a physical CD and a downloadable > ISO, they can even run it virtualized so they don't need to reboot. This may be a nice longer-term goal for Batteries and/or Community OCaml. Providing a livecd or perhaps a ready-to-go virtual machine image would make it much simpler for folks with problems (4) and (6) to try out both OCaml and Batteries in a known-functional environment. Hez --=20 Hezekiah M. Carty Graduate Research Assistant University of Maryland Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science