From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Original-To: caml-list@sympa.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@sympa.inria.fr Received: from mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.83]) by sympa.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 606A981799 for ; Fri, 26 Jul 2013 10:08:00 +0200 (CEST) Received-SPF: None (mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr: no sender authenticity information available from domain of berenger@riken.jp) identity=pra; client-ip=134.160.33.162; receiver=mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr; envelope-from="berenger@riken.jp"; x-sender="berenger@riken.jp"; x-conformance=sidf_compatible Received-SPF: Pass (mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr: domain of berenger@riken.jp designates 134.160.33.162 as permitted sender) identity=mailfrom; client-ip=134.160.33.162; receiver=mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr; envelope-from="berenger@riken.jp"; x-sender="berenger@riken.jp"; x-conformance=sidf_compatible; x-record-type="v=spf1" Received-SPF: Pass (mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr: domain of postmaster@postman.riken.jp designates 134.160.33.162 as permitted sender) identity=helo; client-ip=134.160.33.162; receiver=mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr; envelope-from="berenger@riken.jp"; x-sender="postmaster@postman.riken.jp"; x-conformance=sidf_compatible; x-record-type="v=spf1" X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AtQBAAgt8lGGoCGinGdsb2JhbABagzsBvhKBKw4BAQEBAQgLCQkUKIIkAQEEAThAEQsYCRYPCQMCAQIBRRMGAgEBiAYGuH6QBBaDagOJKI43gSmEeo5N X-IPAS-Result: AtQBAAgt8lGGoCGinGdsb2JhbABagzsBvhKBKw4BAQEBAQgLCQkUKIIkAQEEAThAEQsYCRYPCQMCAQIBRRMGAgEBiAYGuH6QBBaDagOJKI43gSmEeo5N X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.89,749,1367964000"; d="scan'208";a="27389076" Received: from postman2.riken.jp (HELO postman.riken.jp) ([134.160.33.162]) by mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 26 Jul 2013 10:07:58 +0200 Received: from postman.riken.jp (postman2.riken.jp [127.0.0.1]) by postman.riken.jp (Postfix) with SMTP id 85B2512605B2 for ; Fri, 26 Jul 2013 17:07:54 +0900 (JST) Received: from [172.27.98.103] (rikad98.riken.jp [134.160.214.98]) by postman.riken.jp (Postfix) with ESMTPA id CA9021270051 for ; Fri, 26 Jul 2013 17:07:53 +0900 (JST) Message-ID: <51F22E53.2080703@riken.jp> Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 17:07:47 +0900 From: Francois Berenger User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130623 Thunderbird/17.0.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: caml-list@inria.fr References: <1374669368.25411.5@samsung> <1B6BB035-9909-4F0C-9DEA-F713B977A467@ocamlpro.com> <7F8931D5-E65D-49EB-B54D-A50716F3EFDD@recoil.org> <51F0801A.5080603@riken.jp> <20130725172359.a40fdfb172b120cadab5544a@gmerlin.de> <20130725200356.GA15673@notk.org> <51F1CD6C.3050305@riken.jp> <51F2089D.4000104@riken.jp> <874nbhrddu.fsf@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <874nbhrddu.fsf@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 6.0.0.2142326, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.2107409, Antispam-Data: 2013.7.26.75738 Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Re: ocamlbuild On 07/26/2013 04:25 PM, Wojciech Meyer wrote: > Francois Berenger writes: > >> At some point, I feel that some things have to be redesigned from >> scratch rather than being patched endlessly. > > Please point out a single thing you would like to "redesign" in > ocamlbuild. Here is one: build configuration information scattered in several files of different syntax (myocamlbuild.ml and _tags). >> However, I do this only for projects that I admire. >> Projects with a simple, crystal clear and sound design and a plain >> UNIX taste. > > I believe ocamlbuild HAS clear and sound design, more than other > tools. In fact many ideas in ocamlbuild are novel, and interesting, this > is the major reason I maintain it, otherwise I'd not be interested in > doing so. > >> I'm not sure there will be any pain for me to switch to another >> build system (I think I will go for obuild). >> I've stayed too long with ocamlbuild obviously. > > Please do, and choose your build system (one of 6) which is best fit for you! > > -- > Wojciech >