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 mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.104]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4FD1BBC1 for ; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:48:39 +0100 (CET) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAAGNaskfAXQImh2dsb2JhbACQPQEBAQgKKZw9 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,345,1199660400"; d="scan'208";a="9135057" Received: from discorde.inria.fr ([192.93.2.38]) by mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 13 Feb 2008 11:48:25 +0100 Received: from mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.83]) by discorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m1DAmOiL016288 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=OK) for ; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:48:25 +0100 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAAK9ZskfBL1AZnmdsb2JhbACQPQEBAQEBBgQGBwoYnDk X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,345,1199660400"; d="scan'208";a="7262737" Received: from gw.exalead.com (HELO exalead.com) ([193.47.80.25]) by mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 13 Feb 2008 11:48:24 +0100 Received: from [192.168.204.148] (madpc064.exalead.com [192.168.204.148]) (authenticated bits=0) by exalead.com (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id m1DAmOBg003074; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:48:24 +0100 Message-ID: <47B2CAF8.1040208@exalead.com> Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:48:24 +0100 From: Berke Durak User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Sylvain Le Gall Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Re: [OSR] Ports-like package management system References: <479F0664.2070706@exalead.com> <1202892353.6427.4.camel@Blefuscu> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Miltered: at discorde with ID 47B2CAF9.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; berke:01 durak:01 berke:01 durak:01 univ-orleans:01 tarball:01 tarball:01 ocaml:01 humps:01 drafting:98 wrote:01 volunteers:01 caml-list:01 repository:03 debian:04 Sylvain Le Gall a écrit : > On 13-02-2008, David Teller wrote: >> Ok, I see numerous interesting ideas (I particularly like the idea of >> ocamlbuild extended with the ability to download source code from >> repositories), but no clear conclusion. >> >> Is there anything clear enough to go forward ? Because if there is, we >> can start drafting volunteers to finalize specifications and/or work on >> the implementation. >> > > I am not sure there is a clear conclusion about this thread. Well, in > fact, there is ONE solution simple and direct which is to create a > FTP/HTTP area where all upstream tarball can be stored. This is a good > first step for beginning. It will serve all current distributions > (Debian/GODI) by providing an alternate download site. It could also be > the first step to make something more complex. > > Concerning doing something better, i am not sure we can reach a > consensus for now. > > However, just storing tarball somewhere is not a Package Management > System. It is not, but while we try to figure out what a reasonable system might be, if you can set up a permanent repository for Ocaml code, that would be already quite useful! Most links on the Humps are dead. For instance, I can't find a copy of Baire. -- Berke DURAK