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

[Malcolm Matalka <mmatalka@gmail.com>]

Why would you need to roll out opem libraries for production?  You
should build a binary and distribute the binary to the machines.

I prefer per-user install.  I have, numerous times, felt suffocated on
systems that require going through some bureaucracy to install a package
(which is one reason I use NixOS everywhere I can).

/M

"Mr. Herr" <misterherr@freenet.de> writes:

> Am 29.05.2013 00:43, schrieb Paolo Donadeo:
>> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 12:17 AM, Mr. Herr <misterherr@freenet.de
>> <mailto:misterherr@freenet.de>> wrote:
>>
>>     I see, this is over and out. Very constructive. 
>>
>>
>> Mr. Herr, sorry for the irony, so I'll be serious, as you wish.
>>
>> What kind of constructive comment can you realistically expect in reply to "Linux
>> is a server"?
>>
>> Linux is an operating system, not a "server", nor a "service". I spend 99% of my
>> programming time on a Linux box since 20 years, and the only services running here
>> are the system services like CUPS. The choice of OPAM's designers to install
>> everything in the user home directory has been explained by Anil very clearly.
>>
>> I only add that I always installed GODI in ~/.godi rather than in /opt .
>>
>> Your comment was inaccurate, so my reply is ironical, but not harsh.
>>
>>
> Indeed "Linux is a server" is not well said.
>
> I meant to say "Linux is a multiuser system" and it has always been, so one can
> reasonably expect software installation to deal with it with ease.
>
> There are certainly advantages in the ~/.opam design decision, but I have yet to find
> out how to roll out my ~/.opam libraries for production.
>
> And very true, I was not prepared for irony on this point.
>
> /Str.