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* [Caml-list] OPAM mailing-lists
@ 2013-03-06 20:46 Fabrice Le Fessant
  2013-03-06 22:51 ` [Caml-list] OPAM mailing-lists ERRATUM Fabrice Le Fessant
  2013-03-07 22:53 ` [Caml-list] OPAM mailing-lists Johan Grande
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Fabrice Le Fessant @ 2013-03-06 20:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: OCaml mailing-list

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Hi,

   I just created two mailing-lists for questions and specific 
discussions about OPAM, "opam-users@inria.fr" for discussions about how 
to use OPAM, and "opam-devel@inria.fr" for discussions about the code of 
OPAM (for developers only, or interactions with them).

--Fabrice


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* Re: [Caml-list] OPAM mailing-lists ERRATUM
  2013-03-06 20:46 [Caml-list] OPAM mailing-lists Fabrice Le Fessant
@ 2013-03-06 22:51 ` Fabrice Le Fessant
  2013-03-06 23:19   ` Fabrice Le Fessant
  2013-03-07 22:53 ` [Caml-list] OPAM mailing-lists Johan Grande
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
From: Fabrice Le Fessant @ 2013-03-06 22:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: caml-list

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Hi,

   I was proposed to either move these two mailing-lists to 
http://lists.ocaml.org/, to improve their visibility, or to have them 
merged into the more generic platform@lists.ocaml.org mailing-list.

   I will send a new mail when we have reached a consensus on the best 
solution, but in the meantime, don't subscribe to them as I won't be 
able to easily move subscriptions from one system to the other one.

--Fabrice

On 03/06/2013 09:46 PM, Fabrice Le Fessant wrote:
> Hi,
>
>    I just created two mailing-lists for questions and specific
> discussions about OPAM, "opam-users@inria.fr" for discussions about how
> to use OPAM, and "opam-devel@inria.fr" for discussions about the code of
> OPAM (for developers only, or interactions with them).
>
> --Fabrice
>
>

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* Re: [Caml-list] OPAM mailing-lists ERRATUM
  2013-03-06 22:51 ` [Caml-list] OPAM mailing-lists ERRATUM Fabrice Le Fessant
@ 2013-03-06 23:19   ` Fabrice Le Fessant
  2013-03-07  7:22     ` Roberto Di Cosmo
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
From: Fabrice Le Fessant @ 2013-03-06 23:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: caml-list, Early Subscribers

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Finally, there will be only one mailing-list devoted to OPAM (for both 
users and developers discussions), it is now opam-devel@lists.ocaml.org, 
and you can subscribe on this page:

http://lists.ocaml.org/listinfo/opam-devel

--Fabrice

On 03/06/2013 11:51 PM, Fabrice Le Fessant wrote:
> Hi,
>
>    I was proposed to either move these two mailing-lists to
> http://lists.ocaml.org/, to improve their visibility, or to have them
> merged into the more generic platform@lists.ocaml.org mailing-list.
>
>    I will send a new mail when we have reached a consensus on the best
> solution, but in the meantime, don't subscribe to them as I won't be
> able to easily move subscriptions from one system to the other one.
>
> --Fabrice
>
> On 03/06/2013 09:46 PM, Fabrice Le Fessant wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>    I just created two mailing-lists for questions and specific
>> discussions about OPAM, "opam-users@inria.fr" for discussions about how
>> to use OPAM, and "opam-devel@inria.fr" for discussions about the code of
>> OPAM (for developers only, or interactions with them).
>>
>> --Fabrice
>>
>>
>

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* Re: [Caml-list] OPAM mailing-lists ERRATUM
  2013-03-06 23:19   ` Fabrice Le Fessant
@ 2013-03-07  7:22     ` Roberto Di Cosmo
  2013-03-07 11:33       ` Amir Chaudhry
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
From: Roberto Di Cosmo @ 2013-03-07  7:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Fabrice Le Fessant; +Cc: caml-list, Early Subscribers

I think that opam fills a major need of OCaml users:
even if it is still young, needs polishing and will
surely evolve quickly, it already provides a very
valuable tool.

But tools are useless without a user community, and
users need a place to discuss, exchange ideas, ask
for help, share tips and tricks, without fear of
asking silly questions.

Hundreds of successful free software projects use a
-devel mailing list for developer discussions, and a
-users mailing list for user exchanges.

So I strongly believe we need an opam-users list
too (and I actually do not care where the list is
hosted, as far as the hosting service is solid, and
archives are searchable and backed up).

--
Roberto

On Thu, Mar 07, 2013 at 12:19:24AM +0100, Fabrice Le Fessant wrote:
> Finally, there will be only one mailing-list devoted to OPAM (for
> both users and developers discussions), it is now
> opam-devel@lists.ocaml.org, and you can subscribe on this page:
> 
> http://lists.ocaml.org/listinfo/opam-devel
> 
> --Fabrice
> 
> On 03/06/2013 11:51 PM, Fabrice Le Fessant wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >   I was proposed to either move these two mailing-lists to
> >http://lists.ocaml.org/, to improve their visibility, or to have them
> >merged into the more generic platform@lists.ocaml.org mailing-list.
> >
> >   I will send a new mail when we have reached a consensus on the best
> >solution, but in the meantime, don't subscribe to them as I won't be
> >able to easily move subscriptions from one system to the other one.
> >
> >--Fabrice
> >
> >On 03/06/2013 09:46 PM, Fabrice Le Fessant wrote:
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>   I just created two mailing-lists for questions and specific
> >>discussions about OPAM, "opam-users@inria.fr" for discussions about how
> >>to use OPAM, and "opam-devel@inria.fr" for discussions about the code of
> >>OPAM (for developers only, or interactions with them).
> >>
> >>--Fabrice
> >>
> >>
> >
> 
> -- 
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> https://sympa.inria.fr/sympa/arc/caml-list
> Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners
> Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs



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* Re: [Caml-list] OPAM mailing-lists ERRATUM
  2013-03-07  7:22     ` Roberto Di Cosmo
@ 2013-03-07 11:33       ` Amir Chaudhry
  2013-03-07 11:48         ` Roberto Di Cosmo
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
From: Amir Chaudhry @ 2013-03-07 11:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Roberto Di Cosmo
  Cc: Fabrice Le Fessant, caml-list, Early Subscribers, opam-devel


On 7 Mar 2013, at 07:22, Roberto Di Cosmo <roberto@dicosmo.org> wrote:

> I think that opam fills a major need of OCaml users:
> even if it is still young, needs polishing and will
> surely evolve quickly, it already provides a very
> valuable tool.
> 
> But tools are useless without a user community, and
> users need a place to discuss, exchange ideas, ask
> for help, share tips and tricks, without fear of
> asking silly questions.

I agree!

> Hundreds of successful free software projects use a
> -devel mailing list for developer discussions, and a
> -users mailing list for user exchanges.

Ok, but is this a _necessary_ requirement to being successful? That's not quite what you state but you seem to support that suggestion.  I completely understand the usefulness of a -devel list but less so the -users list (since I'm not power user by any means).

> So I strongly believe we need an opam-users list
> too (and I actually do not care where the list is
> hosted, as far as the hosting service is solid, and
> archives are searchable and backed up).

I'm not against the idea of a -users list but I'm not one of the people who'd use it (though perhaps I'm misunderstanding the use-case).  When I have any kind of question or confusion about something, my first resort is to google it.  I'd typically look to see if others have had similar issues and would expect to find things on stack-overflow, blogs and other things on the web.  This is usually sufficient for most of my problems.  

The following might help explain my viewpoint. I think of a 'software community' as a series of concentric circles with creators/maintainers right in the middle and the random public in the outermost ring.  I'd argue that mailing lists only serve those nearer the centre (to varying degrees).  Information scattered around the web, and well-indexed by search engines, better serves those nearer the outer rings (where I'd put myself).  

While I completely and whole-heartedly agree with your point about needing a vibrant user community, I'm essentially (1) questioning what that actually looks like and (2) trying to decouple it from mailing-lists.  I'm basically arguing that the needs once served by user lists can largely be met by other means.

I don't have particularly strong opinions on this (other than "<your-favourite-search-engine> should be able to get you to the answer", wherever that is).  I merely wanted to present a counterpoint to what I felt could be taken as 'mailing list -> community'.  If you, or others, have more information or resources on community-building in open-source projects I'd be very keen to learn more (though perhaps we should do that off the main list).

Best wishes,
Amir

> 
> --
> Roberto
> 
> On Thu, Mar 07, 2013 at 12:19:24AM +0100, Fabrice Le Fessant wrote:
>> Finally, there will be only one mailing-list devoted to OPAM (for
>> both users and developers discussions), it is now
>> opam-devel@lists.ocaml.org, and you can subscribe on this page:
>> 
>> http://lists.ocaml.org/listinfo/opam-devel
>> 
>> --Fabrice
>> 
>> On 03/06/2013 11:51 PM, Fabrice Le Fessant wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>>  I was proposed to either move these two mailing-lists to
>>> http://lists.ocaml.org/, to improve their visibility, or to have them
>>> merged into the more generic platform@lists.ocaml.org mailing-list.
>>> 
>>>  I will send a new mail when we have reached a consensus on the best
>>> solution, but in the meantime, don't subscribe to them as I won't be
>>> able to easily move subscriptions from one system to the other one.
>>> 
>>> --Fabrice
>>> 
>>> On 03/06/2013 09:46 PM, Fabrice Le Fessant wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>>  I just created two mailing-lists for questions and specific
>>>> discussions about OPAM, "opam-users@inria.fr" for discussions about how
>>>> to use OPAM, and "opam-devel@inria.fr" for discussions about the code of
>>>> OPAM (for developers only, or interactions with them).
>>>> 
>>>> --Fabrice
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Caml-list mailing list.  Subscription management and archives:
>> https://sympa.inria.fr/sympa/arc/caml-list
>> Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners
>> Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Roberto Di Cosmo
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
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> PPS                      E-mail: roberto@dicosmo.org
> Universite Paris Diderot WWW  : http://www.dicosmo.org
> Case 7014                Tel  : ++33-(0)1-57 27 92 20
> 5, Rue Thomas Mann       
> F-75205 Paris Cedex 13   Identica: http://identi.ca/rdicosmo
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> 
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* Re: [Caml-list] OPAM mailing-lists ERRATUM
  2013-03-07 11:33       ` Amir Chaudhry
@ 2013-03-07 11:48         ` Roberto Di Cosmo
  2013-03-07 22:08           ` Ashish Agarwal
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
From: Roberto Di Cosmo @ 2013-03-07 11:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Amir Chaudhry
  Cc: Fabrice Le Fessant, caml-list, Early Subscribers, opam-devel

Hi Amir,
   just to sum up my feeling, let me say that a mailing
list, albeit old-fashioned, is still a good compromise
between cost and benefits, and has the great advantage
to keep all relevant content in one place, and not
depend on pagerank magic and google cache to summon it up
and make it persistent...

But I agree we should bring this off the list (and by the way,
my apologies for the OCaml list subscribers for wasting
bandwidth :-))... 

--
Roberto


On Thu, Mar 07, 2013 at 11:33:56AM +0000, Amir Chaudhry wrote:
> 
> On 7 Mar 2013, at 07:22, Roberto Di Cosmo <roberto@dicosmo.org> wrote:
> 
> > I think that opam fills a major need of OCaml users:
> > even if it is still young, needs polishing and will
> > surely evolve quickly, it already provides a very
> > valuable tool.
> > 
> > But tools are useless without a user community, and
> > users need a place to discuss, exchange ideas, ask
> > for help, share tips and tricks, without fear of
> > asking silly questions.
> 
> I agree!
> 
> > Hundreds of successful free software projects use a
> > -devel mailing list for developer discussions, and a
> > -users mailing list for user exchanges.
> 
> Ok, but is this a _necessary_ requirement to being successful? That's not quite what you state but you seem to support that suggestion.  I completely understand the usefulness of a -devel list but less so the -users list (since I'm not power user by any means).
> 
> > So I strongly believe we need an opam-users list
> > too (and I actually do not care where the list is
> > hosted, as far as the hosting service is solid, and
> > archives are searchable and backed up).
> 
> I'm not against the idea of a -users list but I'm not one of the people who'd use it (though perhaps I'm misunderstanding the use-case).  When I have any kind of question or confusion about something, my first resort is to google it.  I'd typically look to see if others have had similar issues and would expect to find things on stack-overflow, blogs and other things on the web.  This is usually sufficient for most of my problems.  
> 
> The following might help explain my viewpoint. I think of a 'software community' as a series of concentric circles with creators/maintainers right in the middle and the random public in the outermost ring.  I'd argue that mailing lists only serve those nearer the centre (to varying degrees).  Information scattered around the web, and well-indexed by search engines, better serves those nearer the outer rings (where I'd put myself).  
> 
> While I completely and whole-heartedly agree with your point about needing a vibrant user community, I'm essentially (1) questioning what that actually looks like and (2) trying to decouple it from mailing-lists.  I'm basically arguing that the needs once served by user lists can largely be met by other means.
> 
> I don't have particularly strong opinions on this (other than "<your-favourite-search-engine> should be able to get you to the answer", wherever that is).  I merely wanted to present a counterpoint to what I felt could be taken as 'mailing list -> community'.  If you, or others, have more information or resources on community-building in open-source projects I'd be very keen to learn more (though perhaps we should do that off the main list).
> 
> Best wishes,
> Amir
> 
> > 
> > --
> > Roberto
> > 
> > On Thu, Mar 07, 2013 at 12:19:24AM +0100, Fabrice Le Fessant wrote:
> >> Finally, there will be only one mailing-list devoted to OPAM (for
> >> both users and developers discussions), it is now
> >> opam-devel@lists.ocaml.org, and you can subscribe on this page:
> >> 
> >> http://lists.ocaml.org/listinfo/opam-devel
> >> 
> >> --Fabrice
> >> 
> >> On 03/06/2013 11:51 PM, Fabrice Le Fessant wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>> 
> >>>  I was proposed to either move these two mailing-lists to
> >>> http://lists.ocaml.org/, to improve their visibility, or to have them
> >>> merged into the more generic platform@lists.ocaml.org mailing-list.
> >>> 
> >>>  I will send a new mail when we have reached a consensus on the best
> >>> solution, but in the meantime, don't subscribe to them as I won't be
> >>> able to easily move subscriptions from one system to the other one.
> >>> 
> >>> --Fabrice
> >>> 
> >>> On 03/06/2013 09:46 PM, Fabrice Le Fessant wrote:
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>> 
> >>>>  I just created two mailing-lists for questions and specific
> >>>> discussions about OPAM, "opam-users@inria.fr" for discussions about how
> >>>> to use OPAM, and "opam-devel@inria.fr" for discussions about the code of
> >>>> OPAM (for developers only, or interactions with them).
> >>>> 
> >>>> --Fabrice
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>> 
> >> 
> >> -- 
> >> Caml-list mailing list.  Subscription management and archives:
> >> https://sympa.inria.fr/sympa/arc/caml-list
> >> Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners
> >> Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Roberto Di Cosmo
> > 
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Professeur               En delegation a l'INRIA
> > PPS                      E-mail: roberto@dicosmo.org
> > Universite Paris Diderot WWW  : http://www.dicosmo.org
> > Case 7014                Tel  : ++33-(0)1-57 27 92 20
> > 5, Rue Thomas Mann       
> > F-75205 Paris Cedex 13   Identica: http://identi.ca/rdicosmo
> > FRANCE.                  Twitter: http://twitter.com/rdicosmo
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> >      http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------
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> > 
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> > 
> > -- 
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> > Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners
> > Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs
> 

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* Re: [Caml-list] OPAM mailing-lists ERRATUM
  2013-03-07 11:48         ` Roberto Di Cosmo
@ 2013-03-07 22:08           ` Ashish Agarwal
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Ashish Agarwal @ 2013-03-07 22:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Roberto Di Cosmo
  Cc: Amir Chaudhry, Fabrice Le Fessant, caml-list, Early Subscribers,
	opam-devel

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Maybe it's just the name "opam-devel" that is sub-optimal. If it is for
users and developers, why not just call it "opam@lists.ocaml.org". If the
"devel" traffic ever gets too high, then later "opam-devel@lists.ocaml.org"
can be created, leaving the shorter "opam@lists.ocaml.org" for users.

On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 6:48 AM, Roberto Di Cosmo <roberto@dicosmo.org>wrote:

> Hi Amir,
>    just to sum up my feeling, let me say that a mailing
> list, albeit old-fashioned, is still a good compromise
> between cost and benefits, and has the great advantage
> to keep all relevant content in one place, and not
> depend on pagerank magic and google cache to summon it up
> and make it persistent...
>
> But I agree we should bring this off the list (and by the way,
> my apologies for the OCaml list subscribers for wasting
> bandwidth :-))...
>
> --
> Roberto
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 07, 2013 at 11:33:56AM +0000, Amir Chaudhry wrote:
> >
> > On 7 Mar 2013, at 07:22, Roberto Di Cosmo <roberto@dicosmo.org> wrote:
> >
> > > I think that opam fills a major need of OCaml users:
> > > even if it is still young, needs polishing and will
> > > surely evolve quickly, it already provides a very
> > > valuable tool.
> > >
> > > But tools are useless without a user community, and
> > > users need a place to discuss, exchange ideas, ask
> > > for help, share tips and tricks, without fear of
> > > asking silly questions.
> >
> > I agree!
> >
> > > Hundreds of successful free software projects use a
> > > -devel mailing list for developer discussions, and a
> > > -users mailing list for user exchanges.
> >
> > Ok, but is this a _necessary_ requirement to being successful? That's
> not quite what you state but you seem to support that suggestion.  I
> completely understand the usefulness of a -devel list but less so the
> -users list (since I'm not power user by any means).
> >
> > > So I strongly believe we need an opam-users list
> > > too (and I actually do not care where the list is
> > > hosted, as far as the hosting service is solid, and
> > > archives are searchable and backed up).
> >
> > I'm not against the idea of a -users list but I'm not one of the people
> who'd use it (though perhaps I'm misunderstanding the use-case).  When I
> have any kind of question or confusion about something, my first resort is
> to google it.  I'd typically look to see if others have had similar issues
> and would expect to find things on stack-overflow, blogs and other things
> on the web.  This is usually sufficient for most of my problems.
> >
> > The following might help explain my viewpoint. I think of a 'software
> community' as a series of concentric circles with creators/maintainers
> right in the middle and the random public in the outermost ring.  I'd argue
> that mailing lists only serve those nearer the centre (to varying degrees).
>  Information scattered around the web, and well-indexed by search engines,
> better serves those nearer the outer rings (where I'd put myself).
> >
> > While I completely and whole-heartedly agree with your point about
> needing a vibrant user community, I'm essentially (1) questioning what that
> actually looks like and (2) trying to decouple it from mailing-lists.  I'm
> basically arguing that the needs once served by user lists can largely be
> met by other means.
> >
> > I don't have particularly strong opinions on this (other than
> "<your-favourite-search-engine> should be able to get you to the answer",
> wherever that is).  I merely wanted to present a counterpoint to what I
> felt could be taken as 'mailing list -> community'.  If you, or others,
> have more information or resources on community-building in open-source
> projects I'd be very keen to learn more (though perhaps we should do that
> off the main list).
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > Amir
> >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Roberto
> > >
> > > On Thu, Mar 07, 2013 at 12:19:24AM +0100, Fabrice Le Fessant wrote:
> > >> Finally, there will be only one mailing-list devoted to OPAM (for
> > >> both users and developers discussions), it is now
> > >> opam-devel@lists.ocaml.org, and you can subscribe on this page:
> > >>
> > >> http://lists.ocaml.org/listinfo/opam-devel
> > >>
> > >> --Fabrice
> > >>
> > >> On 03/06/2013 11:51 PM, Fabrice Le Fessant wrote:
> > >>> Hi,
> > >>>
> > >>>  I was proposed to either move these two mailing-lists to
> > >>> http://lists.ocaml.org/, to improve their visibility, or to have
> them
> > >>> merged into the more generic platform@lists.ocaml.org mailing-list.
> > >>>
> > >>>  I will send a new mail when we have reached a consensus on the best
> > >>> solution, but in the meantime, don't subscribe to them as I won't be
> > >>> able to easily move subscriptions from one system to the other one.
> > >>>
> > >>> --Fabrice
> > >>>
> > >>> On 03/06/2013 09:46 PM, Fabrice Le Fessant wrote:
> > >>>> Hi,
> > >>>>
> > >>>>  I just created two mailing-lists for questions and specific
> > >>>> discussions about OPAM, "opam-users@inria.fr" for discussions
> about how
> > >>>> to use OPAM, and "opam-devel@inria.fr" for discussions about the
> code of
> > >>>> OPAM (for developers only, or interactions with them).
> > >>>>
> > >>>> --Fabrice
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >> --
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> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Roberto Di Cosmo
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* Re: [Caml-list] OPAM mailing-lists
  2013-03-06 20:46 [Caml-list] OPAM mailing-lists Fabrice Le Fessant
  2013-03-06 22:51 ` [Caml-list] OPAM mailing-lists ERRATUM Fabrice Le Fessant
@ 2013-03-07 22:53 ` Johan Grande
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Johan Grande @ 2013-03-07 22:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: caml-list

If OPAM succeeds in becoming a common tool for OCaml developpers, won't 
discussions about its usage simply happen on the Caml list?

-- 
Johan


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