From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79660BB81 for ; Tue, 6 Dec 2005 08:57:55 +0100 (CET) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id jB67vsuJ003117 for ; Tue, 6 Dec 2005 08:57:55 +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 IAA02731 for ; Tue, 6 Dec 2005 08:57:54 +0100 (MET) Received: from smtp4-g19.free.fr (smtp4-g19.free.fr [212.27.42.30]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id jB67vs9n003112 for ; Tue, 6 Dec 2005 08:57:54 +0100 Received: from [192.168.0.4] (rke75-3-82-229-183-156.fbx.proxad.net [82.229.183.156]) by smtp4-g19.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0D934AB3F; Tue, 6 Dec 2005 08:57:53 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <43954341.70704@inria.fr> Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 08:52:33 +0100 From: Alain Frisch User-Agent: Debian Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20050602) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Martin Jambon Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Announcement: P4ck, installer of short Camlp4 hacks References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 43954482.001 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 43954482.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; frisch:01 frisch:01 caml-list:01 camlp:01 camlp:01 syntax:01 dependencies:01 wrote:01 wrote:01 installer:01 hacks:01 hacks:01 short:01 jambon:01 jambon:01 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.0.3 Martin Jambon wrote: > Dear all, > > I wrote a small utility which downloads and installs small Camlp4 hacks, > in order to make them more accessible: > > http://martin.jambon.free.fr/p4ck.html << Of course there is GODI, which is a wonderful tool, but writing and maintaining a GODI package, even with godiva is still more work than writing the syntax extension itself, once you know Camlp4. So in practice what the authors do is place the file for download on their personal web site with some documentation and that's it. >> For those who know GODI as well as Camlp4, it shouldn't take more time to write and maintain the GODI package than to write the extension itself. Anyway... did you consider writing either: - a custom GODI package builder (from extensions); - or a godi-p4ck package, which contains all the extensions in your database. GODI doesn't only gives automatic installation and updates, but also package dependencies. -- Alain