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 154E77EE99 for ; Mon, 9 Dec 2013 21:22:36 +0100 (CET) Received-SPF: None (mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr: no sender authenticity information available from domain of steph@glondu.net) identity=pra; client-ip=138.231.136.39; receiver=mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr; envelope-from="steph@glondu.net"; x-sender="steph@glondu.net"; x-conformance=sidf_compatible Received-SPF: None (mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr: no sender authenticity information available from domain of steph@glondu.net) identity=mailfrom; client-ip=138.231.136.39; receiver=mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr; envelope-from="steph@glondu.net"; x-sender="steph@glondu.net"; x-conformance=sidf_compatible Received-SPF: Pass (mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr: domain of postmaster@redisdead.crans.org designates 138.231.136.39 as permitted sender) identity=helo; client-ip=138.231.136.39; receiver=mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr; envelope-from="steph@glondu.net"; x-sender="postmaster@redisdead.crans.org"; x-conformance=sidf_compatible; x-record-type="v=spf1" X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AhoBAPIlplKK54gnl2dsb2JhbABZgz+DUrYXgTEWDgEBAQEBCBYHPIImAQUjVQEQCxoCBRYLAgIJAwIBAgFFBg0BBwKHfgSxY487F4EpjTQzB4JrgUgDmBSBMIUVhhiIYA X-IPAS-Result: AhoBAPIlplKK54gnl2dsb2JhbABZgz+DUrYXgTEWDgEBAQEBCBYHPIImAQUjVQEQCxoCBRYLAgIJAwIBAgFFBg0BBwKHfgSxY487F4EpjTQzB4JrgUgDmBSBMIUVhhiIYA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.93,859,1378850400"; d="scan'208";a="47894024" Received: from redisdead.crans.org ([138.231.136.39]) by mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 09 Dec 2013 21:22:35 +0100 Received: from [10.125.1.2] (fbx.up7.fr [81.56.96.177]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by redisdead.crans.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DF60F21D4; Mon, 9 Dec 2013 21:22:34 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <52A6268A.2070207@glondu.net> Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2013 21:22:34 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?B?U3TDqXBoYW5lIEdsb25kdQ==?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20131005 Icedove/17.0.9 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?UTF-8?B?RGFuaWVsIELDvG56bGk=?= CC: "caml-list@inria.fr" References: <31F4C46854FA4FEAAD2EA09D32A72E23@erratique.ch> <4F5AD22CADED45DBAD26A92D3F2B704D@erratique.ch> <52A61CF6.50609@glondu.net> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.6 OpenPGP: id=49881AD3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Library installation procedure (for use with OPAM)? Le 09/12/2013 21:04, Daniel B=C3=BCnzli a =C3=A9crit : >> You seem to forget all the system package managers (dpkg, rpm, ...). >> While opam does have its advantages, it does not really compete with the= m. >=20 > I don't forget them, I'm pretty sure the combination of opam/.install fil= es can be used for automating the generation of such packages.=20=20 Yes, but the existing stuff too. And the packaging work is (should be) mainly adding metadata and integrating with the other packages, which is hardly automatable. What you are talking about is package building, which can already be automated with the standard "./configure && make && sudo make install" interface. >> http://xkcd.com/927/ >=20 > So what's your proposal then ?=20=20 I am not proposing anything new. You are. Cheers, --=20 St=C3=A9phane