Re: Problems to get larger user base ... (Re: [Caml-list] OCaml's variables)

[Malcolm Matalka <mmatalka@gmail.com>]

To be fair, Nix is mostly a horrific combination of C++ and Perl :)

http://xkcd.com/224/

Francois Berenger <berenger@riken.jp> writes:

> On 05/30/2013 03:02 PM, Malcolm Matalka wrote:
>> No I'm not suggesting building on every machine.  I am suggesting using
>> a Build Server, such as Jenkins or Bamboo or Hydra, to build your system
>> and package it, then you can deploy it through another mechanism.
>>
>> Opam generating RPMs (or packages for you) I believe is wrong because:
>>
>> 1 - There are a lot of options when it comes to building a package.
>> What should the init scripts look like?  Where should the various files
>> go?  What about configs, etc.  These are issues opam should not concern
>> it self with.  On top of that, there are already tools for building a
>> RPM packages from a directory structure, such as fpm.
>>
>> 2 - Which package systems should Opam support?  RPM, Deb?  I use Nix,
>> why don't you support me?
>
> Because users of Nix, the purely functional package manager, are
> highly suspected of being Haskell lovers when they unveil their
> face on caml-list. ;-)