Re: [Caml-list] [ANN] final release of OPAM 1.1.0

[Malcolm Matalka <mmatalka@gmail.com>]

Out of curiosity, since this opam 1.1.0 is not backwards compatible with
1.0.0, why is it not opam 2.0.0?

/Malcolm

Thomas Gazagnaire <thomas@gazagnaire.org> writes:

> After a while staged as RC, we are proud to announce the final release of OPAM 1.1.0 !
>
> Thanks again to those who have helped testing and fixing the last few issues.
>
>
> == Important note ==
>
> The repository format has been improved with incompatible new features ; to
> account for this, the _new_ repository is now hosted at opam.ocaml.org, and
> the legacy repository at opam.ocamlpro.com is kept to support OPAM 
> 1.0 installations, but is unlikely to benefit from many package updates.
> Migration to opam.ocaml.org will be done automatically as soon as you upgrade
> your OPAM version.
>
> You're still free, of course, to use any third-party repositories instead or in addition.
>
>
> == Installing ==
>
> NOTE: When switching from 1.0, the internal state will need to be upgraded.
> THIS PROCESS CANNOT BE REVERTED. We have tried hard to make it fault-
> resistant, but failures might happen. In case you have precious data in your 
> ~/.opam folder, it is advised to backup that folder before you upgrade to 
> 1.1.0.
>
> Using the binary installer:
> - download and run http://www.ocamlpro.com/pub/opam_installer.sh
>  
> Using the .deb packages from Anil's PPA (binaries are currently synching, see [1]):
>     add-apt-repository ppa:avsm/ppa
>     apt-get update
>     sudo apt-get install opam
>
> For OSX users, the homebrew package will be updated shortly.
>  
> or build it from sources at :
> - http://www.ocamlpro.com/pub/opam-full-1.1.0.tar.gz
> - https://github.com/ocaml/opam/releases/tag/1.1.0
>
> == For those who haven't been paying attention ==
>
> OPAM is a source-based package manager for OCaml. It supports multiple
> simultaneous compiler installations, flexible package constraints, and
> a Git-friendly development workflow. OPAM is edited and
> maintained by OCamlPro, with continuous support from OCamlLabs and the
> community at large (including its main industrial users such as
> Jane-Street and Citrix).
>
> The "official" package repository is now hosted at https://opam.ocaml.org, synchronised with the
> Git repository at http://github.com/ocaml/opam-repository, where you can contribute new packages
> descriptions. Those are under a CC0 license, a.k.a. public domain, to ensure they will always
> belong to the community.
>
> Thanks to all of you who have helped build this repository and made OPAM such a success.
>
>
> == Changes ==
>
> Too many to list here, see
> https://raw.github.com/OCamlPro/opam/1.1.0/CHANGES
>
> For packagers, some new fields have appeared in the OPAM description format:
> - `depexts` provides facilities for dealing with system (non ocaml) dependencies
> - `messages`, `post-messages` can be used to notify the user eg. of licensing information,
>   or help her  troobleshoot at package installation.
> - `available` supersedes `ocaml-version` and `os` constraints, and can contain
>   more expressive formulas
>
> Also, we have integrated the main package repository with Travis, which will help us 
> to improve the quality of contributions (see [2]).
>
>
> Enjoy !
>
> Thomas,  Louis and all the OPAM team
>
> [1] https://launchpad.net/~avsm/+archive/ppa/+builds?build_state=pending
> [2] http://anil.recoil.org/2013/09/30/travis-and-ocaml.html