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Subject: Re: [Caml-list] OCaml 4.04.0+beta1


> On 2016-08-11, at 18:28, David Allsopp <dra-news@metastack.com> wrote:
>=20
> Wouldn't it only ever break it for alpha/beta/rc releases, though? Might =
that be a price worth paying (next time)?

Breaking beta releases is a very big deal: a broken beta is a beta that nob=
ody will test. Moreover, OPAM does not implement the convention you are sug=
gesting, so it would do more harm than good.

-- Damien